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I have acquired a desktop with no internet connection. It has linux and ubuntu, neither of which I am familiar with. What wireless adapter works with these? I have no ethernet access. I need something easy to install. I have no idea about codes or anything else I've seen on some forums.

N0rbert
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    Which desktop, which ethernet, which Linux, which Ubuntu do you have? – N0rbert Dec 16 '17 at 20:34
  • Just get a USB WiFi adapter. I've couple with realtek chip. Those are fairly well supported. – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Dec 16 '17 at 21:01
  • It's not going to get a better answer than this question got so please don't bogus close vote this question as primarily opinion based as frequently happens here to questions having authoritative answers. – karel Dec 17 '17 at 04:27

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I suggest that you get a USB wireless device. However, there are several, mostly Broadcoms and a few Mediateks, that won't work no matter what we try.

You can get some guidance as to known working devices here:https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2309068 and here: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux

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TP Link TL-WN822N V4.0 Linux USB Wireless Adapter

Chipset= WI1 chip1: Realtek RTL8192EU

https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver Drivers for the rtl8192eu chipset for wireless adapters (D-Link DWA-131 rev E1 included!)

$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2357:0108

1)Install git:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install git

2)Copy a file of the driver into your computer:

$ git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8192eu-linux-driver

3)Navigate to the directory of the driver

$ cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver

4)Build the driver software and install:

$ make

$ sudo make install

... then if it is still not working, continues with the following...

$ sudo modprobe 8192eu

$ reboot

6)Make a new wifi connection with Realtek 802.11n WLAN Adapter

Note: If your the wifi adapter connection doesnt show up after rebooting, try turning off the secure boot option to enable the third party driver to work

How to install TP link WN822N on Ubuntu? When Update Manager installs a later kernel version, also known as linux-image, after the required reboot, then recompile:

$ cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver

$ make clean

$ make

$ sudo make install

$ sudo modprobe 8192eu

$ rfkill list all; lshw -c net

Warning: ... The driver is for older kernels: 2.6~3.16 www.tp-link.com/us/download/TL-WN822N.html official driver: static.tp-link.com/res/down/

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