WiFi Dongle compatibility

[shawaj]

Moving from Wiki...

This is a list of Wi-Fi adaptors we've validated work with the Balena OS based on Nebra Helium Hotspots.

Module	Status	Notes
RT5370	Fully working
RT5372	To be tested	Supposedly uses same driver as RT5370
RTL8188EUS	Fully working	(CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_UNKNOWN_CUT)
RTL8188ETV	Fully working	Identifies as EUS in lsusb, (CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_D_CUT_1T1R_RomVer)
RTL8821CU	No	Also does not work on UB 20.04 / KERN 5.8
RTL8812AU	No	Also does not work on UB 20.04 / KERN 5.8
RTL8723BU	No*	Does work on UB 20.04 / KERN 5.8
RTL8192EU	No*	Does work on UB 20.04 / KERN 5.8
MT7601U	No*	Does work on UB 20.04 / KERN 5.8

[shawaj]

Looks like RTL8723BU and RTL8192EU and MT7601U should be supported by balena shortly 👍

[shawaj]

MT7601U - balena-os/meta-balena#2361
RTL8192EU - balena-os/meta-balena#2362
RTL8723BU - balena-os/meta-balena#2358

[styxl]

any plans to support 5GHz WIFI Dongles? the current list is not helping

[shawaj]

Do you know of any 5ghz dongles that are supported in Linux @styxl ?

[styxl]

couple of folks have tried this module - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084FS7BWF/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=linuxhint-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B084FS7BWF&linkId=06a4ea0ee44ad39a87f6fa45604b98d7

[shawaj]

@styxl and it worked? That appears to use RTL8812BU

[styxl]

They claimed it worked on Fedora but its likely they had to compile drivers etc

[shawaj]

Looks like driver is here https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU

We should be able to get balena to build it into a future OS build. Will ping them now

[styxl]

was there any Tractions regarding this?