Very good price for USB Wireless (Wi-Fi) Adapter)
Hello everyone.
Saw on Amazon USB Wireless (Wi-Fi) Adapter for $11
This USB adapter has an AR9271 chip, which means it's the same USB as the seller "Thinkpenguin", but 4-5 times cheaper and will work with all FSF distro.
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb
I appreciate the effort, but it appears prospero is correct, so I have voted '-1' on the post.
I don't think it's your fault that the listing is bad. I'm not sure you could have known without the reviews, though the 600Mbps claim is a bit suspicious.
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Wifi AC is also suspicious: this is not supported by this chipset.
This used to be available for us based customers, in fact I have 3 of these.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/284456529102
They are average quality, but they do work.
They use exactly what your amazon link doesn't use
AR9271
Hi Zoma.
Thanks for your answer.
Yes, that's exactly what I meant. I also use this (Wi-Fi) Adapter and it works with all FSF distros!
Not sure why this got thumbed down, that wifi adapter does work.
The only flaw it has, is that I think it doesn't support 5G and I don't know if it works with wpa2.
Hi prospero.
Before you speak so loudly and accuse me of fraud and advertising, you need to look at this link and its contents! (this is the first)
https://www.amazon.com/atheros-ar9271/s?k=atheros+ar9271
Further, I personally think that buying a USB Wireless (Wi-Fi) Adapter from the Chinese for $5 and selling hundreds of these adapters to users for $50 is 100% fraud!
I WILL NOT buy from this FSF seller https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ and I do not advise anyone because this is a scam that is covered up by donations and everything like that. I would understand if this seller bought for $10 and sold to us for $20 (100% plus) but 500% is a scam!
> and selling hundreds of these adapters to users for $50 is 100% fraud!
What do you think the corporation like cisco, d-link, netgear and co do ?
At least with thinkpenguin the money goes to people who 1:support software freedom and 2: maintain the software, 3: Freedom Ain't Free.
There's was a blog listing the advantages of going with thinkpenguin instead of random Chinese vendors on amazon and the like and that they check the chips. You know you're getting the proper controller and not something else.
>but 500% is a scam!
Ok, Do the numbers then. You need a salary of 2k a month to live. How much hardware you need to sell to live from that ? Depending on your location you also need to include taxes, in France that would give you a number like 4k a month to make 2k. And lets not forget VAT and other taxes.
You need to elaborate you business plan to finance not only your life but also the tools you're dependent on.
In the case of commerce you either sell or provide services.
In the case of a non lucrative either you can get patrons and/or grants.
That's the main difference with Free/libre over Open Source, one is leeching by allowing closing possibilities to help/provide/service people while the other is the opposite.
Value is a subjective, ordinal ranking of goods based on preference. Market value is the equilibrium of the personal value judgements of the buyers and the sellers.
Hello,
I would also like to inform you about this cheap (10 euro) usb wifi stick I'm using with Trisquel.
Edimax EW-7811Un
It is also a Realtek (RTL8188CUS)
Hello diopon.
Thank you for the photo and information.
Your variant of the Edimax EW-7811Un is even better, it is more compact.
I've seen another variant of the Edimax EW-7811Un V2 that supports WPA3, but I haven't yet figured out if it will work with Trisquel or not...
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Is there any USB wifi adapter that works with free software only and supports the 5 GHz band?
Not to my knowledge, the situation is quite dire when it comes to radio communications.
See https://freewifi.missionlibre.org/
Here is a link to all 74 Wi-Fi adapters that support the RTL8188CUS chip!
For example, there is a compact version of Belkin F7D1102 https://techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Belkin_F7D1102
or
D-Link DWA-121 rev A1 https://techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/wiki/D-Link_DWA-121_rev_A1
There https://h-node.org/ only 4 options on the website.
As for the Edimax EW-7811Un V2 (RTL8188CUS chip) I don't see any chip information on the box, so the situation could be complicated unfortunately...
Hi prospero.
As I wrote above, no buyer will be able to understand what chip is installed in the wi-fi adapter, since this information is not indicated on the box or the adapter itself.
The most the user will see is the serial number and mac address. Sellers on eby or amazon themselves do not know which chip is installed.
Your warning is helpful, but meaningless from a practical point of view....
