Compatibility of USB Wi-Fi Adapter with Fedora

[Paul Smith]

Dear Fedora Community,

Has anyone tested or had any experience using the following USB Wi-Fi
adapters with Fedora?

Product links:
https://shorturl.at/zZNN7

and

https://shorturl.at/O622X

The listing claims it's "driver-free" and compatible with various
Windows systems, but there's no mention of Linux support. I would like
to know whether it works out of the box on Fedora, or if additional
drivers or configuration steps are required.

Any insights would be appreciated.

Best regards,

Paul

[Marco Moock]

Am 23.03.2025 um 13:12:53 Uhr schrieb Paul Smith:
> https://shorturl.at/O622X

Please use direct URLs instead of redirectors, as those links expire
rather fast.

It seems that a driver for Linux exist:
https://github.com/NWSpitfire/AX286-Wifi-Setup-Linux
https://github.com/radxa-pkg/aic8800/releases

Although, unless the device ID of the chip is given, nobody can give a
clear answer. It is rather common to sell the same device with
different chips.

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM Paul Smith  wrote:
> Dear Fedora Community,
>
> Has anyone tested or had any experience using the following USB Wi-Fi
> adapters with Fedora?
>
> Product links:
> https://shorturl.at/zZNN7
>
> and
>
> https://shorturl.at/O622X

When I visit the first link, I am asked to login to Temu.

You should post a link to the manufacturer's product page, not a page
that requires login to an online store.
> The listing claims it's "driver-free" and compatible with various
> Windows systems, but there's no mention of Linux support. I would like
> to know whether it works out of the box on Fedora, or if additional
> drivers or configuration steps are required.
>
> Any insights would be appreciated.
>
> Best regards,

[Paul Smith]

Thanks, Jeffrey and Marco, for your replies. Sorry about the way I
presented my original post, but I was unaware about the issues you
have detected.

The wifi adapters are:

1. Item ID: HQ72796: https://share.temu.com/Ko57Dv0pdpA

2. Item ID: FY1374934: https://share.temu.com/THqwaxl3icA

I believe now the links point to the right pages.

Paul

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM Jeffrey Walton  wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM Paul Smith  wrote:
> > Dear Fedora Community,
> >
> > Has anyone tested or had any experience using the following USB Wi-Fi
> > adapters with Fedora?
> >
> > Product links:
> > https://shorturl.at/zZNN7
> >
> > and
> >
> > https://shorturl.at/O622X
>
> When I visit the first link, I am asked to login to Temu.
>
> You should post a link to the manufacturer's product page, not a page
> that requires login to an online store.
> > The listing claims it's "driver-free" and compatible with various
> > Windows systems, but there's no mention of Linux support. I would like
> > to know whether it works out of the box on Fedora, or if additional
> > drivers or configuration steps are required.
> >
> > Any insights would be appreciated.
> >
> > Best regards,
>
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[George N. White III]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM Paul Smith  wrote:
> Dear Fedora Community,
>
> Has anyone tested or had any experience using the following USB Wi-Fi
> adapters with Fedora?

1) https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi has reliable advice on
choosing USB-WiFi
adapters for linux.

2) the LHDB https://linux-hardware.org allows you to search for
devices.  If others are using
one the models you mention, they may appear in the LHDB.

--
George N. White III

[Paul Smith]

Thank you, George, for your very useful information!

Paul

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM George N. White III  wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM Paul Smith  wrote:
> > Dear Fedora Community,
> >
> > Has anyone tested or had any experience using the following USB Wi-Fi
> > adapters with Fedora?
> https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi has reliable advice on
>
> choosing USB-WiFi
> adapters for linux.
> the LHDB https://linux-hardware.org allows you to search for
>
> devices.  If others are using
> one the models you mention, they may appear in the LHDB.
>
> --
> George N. White III
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