The weird thing is that it seems to be working? Either I misdiagnosed the problem, or maybe my old one was just broken.
Check h-node next time ;).
The Teacher in me has to ask,“So, what have we learned from all this?”
And my wish is granted! This is the dawn of a new golden age for Linux memes!
Tienes que poner el locale en español. Ese es el truco.
I bought a cheap wifi card and it worked instantly after installing it. Linux really fell off, huh?
😂 time to build your Linux from source!
After both the 4G modem and the wifi dongles didn’t work I decided to flash an old TP-link router with OpenWRT (or was it DDWRT?) and using that in a bridge mode connected wifi and via ethernet to the PC. So yeah, then I got an Intel wifi 6 NIC and gave the router away.
I’ve done that before, most reliable wifi connection I’ve ever had.
Could be flashed with a different microcode that works better with Linux. Just because it’s of the same model doesn’t mean it’s the same. Sometimes it’s as little as a flag that is set. Looking at you battleye
My first Linux issue was that it didn’t support the USB hub I had at the time that was just always plugged into the windows machine I was installing Linux onto. So in 2003, I took my bulky tower to a friends house and it booted on the first try after weeks of failures trying on my own at home.
I was both relieved, and incredibly annoyed.As far as first problems with Linux go, that one’s a classic! Congrats, LOL
You will learn SO MUCH about computers by just trying to make your wifi or some other thing work. And then you will never have trouble with that thing again. I remember having to do wrapping of drivers, but I don’t know if that is still a thing.
Networking is wild. I’ve learned the Linux network stack by troubleshooting my Proxmox LXC + tailscale subnet router shit.
This is my jam. I really enjoy having a steep hill to climb.
This is how getting unsupported features work in linux feels
Like that time I got a random no-name action cam’s webcam mode to work on Linux by manually mounting it within seconds of connecting it
There’s something special about WiFi, but it is better than it used to be. I think it depends on your hardware more than anything. Any chance you can connect up to Ethernet in the meantime? You may be able to plug directly into a switch/router.
It’s too far from the router right now, but I have some options.
I needed to have the new adapter plugged in to use a tool from the manufacturer that is supposed to detect your adapter and install the most up to date driver for you, but of course you have to be online, so I was using the old semi-broken adapter and had both plugged in and connected to my router at the same time.
It seems jank, but it made me wonder what would happen if I just left both connected forever. Would it stay seamlessly connected as long as they both don’t drop at the same time? Lol
You remind me of when I moved to Argentina. I had a laptop whose fan suddenly froze but I was too broke to get a computer so I figured out that if I put it in JUST THE RIGHT spot next to a fan, it would get enough passive cooling to work. Then I did the silly and decided to upgrade, which made me have to plug in Ethernet. It took me ages to get the computer back in the right spot so that it wouldn’t power off due to overheating. All for WiFi…
Amazing. There’s a level of stubborn ingenuity that I can appreciate.
You can make Linux load balance over two network connectors, but usually it prioritizes one network adapter for all traffic based on a scoring algorithms (wired and high bandwidth gets most points).
You can manually set a priority too, or route specific traffic (based either on destination, protocol, or source program, etc) to a specific adapter. Some programs (like KTorrent) are capable of using multiple adapters without any specific config (which is why I was able to run torrents one time while literally nothing else worked with an old 3G internet dongle) .
This would be a really interesting rabbit hole to go down…
I did it once because I had an unstable cable connection, it was surprisingly easy***(for me) https://www.baeldung.com/linux/merge-several-internet-connections
Be me and get a cheap MacBook Pro 2015 to run Linux Has Broadcom adapter Apparently the worst one 43602 chip Proceeds to install arch anyway Tries 3 drivers, no luck Tries many workarounds, no luck Cries to sleep Runs internet recovery to install macOS, fails
Guys, listen to the wiki and techstack sites. Don’t get broadcom
Could be a new firmware in the fresh one
Or simply a newer kernel version could do the trick
In a pinch you can tether your phone through USB and use its Wi-Fi.
If you have an old router lying around, you might be able to set it up as a repeater and then plug into it with Ethernet. That’s what I did for a while when my computer’s Wi-Fi was unreliable.
A different revision could be very different, it’s likely not really the exact same.
