Today I turned on my computer and connected to the internet wirelessly as I always do, but then it just disconnected itself, I rebooted my laptop and it connected normally again, but it disconnected again, tried it again and again and the problem didn't solve... After trying to solve it myself with help from other forums now the "Enable Wi-Fi" option doesn't show up at all, I tried more forums to try and solve this by myself again, but nothing worked...
How do I get the Enable Wi-Fi option to show up again? Help please! Thanks.
I tried installing new drivers, but the installation always failed, I tried installing firmware-b43-installer, b43-fwcutter, broadcom and backports from what I remember.
Also, here is what it shows up when I try sudo lshw -c network:
I've personally stayed well clear of RaLink dongles. I bought one for youngest PC that dual booted. The box said it was compatible with Linux but when you went online to view the manual it stated that it was compatible with kernel 2.16 - that's the equivalent of a hardware manufacturer of Windows hardware stating it will work with Windows XP! I'm surprised Atheros didn't work straight off as I still have a netgear W111 v.3 dongle that uses the Atheros chipset and works instantly. See if you can find one on eBay. Alternatively:
That is a link to a USB dongle that will work for Linux. And since its not one of the super speed ones, it won't require a 3rd party driver to work on Linux, it should literally be plug and play.
Interesting I have a usb dongle that I just ordered last week got it last night .... bought it after my last episode with Zorin not connecting ... thankfully the WiFi card was not the problem but as I already had a Linksys dongle for Win WUSB6300 and it doesn't work for Linux ... I bought one that would ....
Haven't tested it yet ... it has no name on it but nicely packaged and all in English that's a plus .... dual band
What ever you do be sure it can connect to Linux ... just like mice a lot of manufactures say there product is compatible with Linux but believe me they are not .... look at FrenchPress's collection her's are tried and tested ....
I do not think that can be a problem.
Windows XP compatible hardware is very often compatible with the later Windows versions unless it requires a special driver for it. Windows are improving in that regard since Windows 10 - more drivers are already included within the OS.
As for Linux, my understanding is that anything compatible with kernel 2.16 should be also compatible with the later kernels.
A couple of Ralink USB dongles I have are all Linux compatible.
I think you do not have to worry about this reference to the older kernel. It means that it is compatible with kernel 2.16 and up. I've never seen Linux kernel dropped a support for the old WiFi chipsets. One of the reasons why Linux can run on the machines older than 10 years or more.
Just was able to get my phone hooked back up to KDE Connect .... file went missing .... LOL ... anyway here is a picture of the dongle I was talking about .... 600 Mbps and 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz