Which USB WiFi adapters work with the Pandora?

[zowki]

I am thinking of getting the EDUP 802.11n USB WiFi adapter due to its conveniently small size:


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/EDUP-11n-150M-USB-Wifi-Wireless-Wlan-Adapter-Nano-Card-/390307442590?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae022ef9e


Will this work with the Pandora? If not then what similar WiFi adapters work with the Pandora?

 

[mrcranky]

I am thinking of getting the EDUP 802.11n USB WiFi adapter due to its conveniently small size:


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/EDUP-11n-150M-USB-Wifi-Wireless-Wlan-Adapter-Nano-Card-/390307442590?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae022ef9e


Will this work with the Pandora? If not then what similar WiFi adapters work with the Pandora?

Check out this thread:

 

[Jey123456]

the wifi adapter you mentioned use the chipset RTL8188SU. which is available for linux, but i dont think its included in the default distro.


it will work on the pandora, if you compile the kernel module and load it up (in theory, in practice... well, you never know till someone try it).


you can find a bit more info here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1534918 (its for ubuntu, but its a pretty generic operation, so it work just about the same on pandy, except that on pandy, its a bit more complicated than an apt-get command to get the kernel source).


http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=48&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8188SU


contain the download link for the linux sources on that specific chipset.

 

[zowki]

I want to use something that has already been tested by other Pandora users so I will consider the Linksys AE1000 and use the driver from this thread:





Jey123456, does the driver work perfectly for Pandora or are there any bugs/hiccups?

 

[Jey123456]

speed and stability wise, it work perfectly as far as i can tell (i get 4-5mb sec transfer over a 802.11n network).


network manager seem to work fine for me as well now, but it bugged a bit the first time i tryed it, so who knows (i reflashed since then, might had been an issue fixed in an hotfix).


the only hicup i had with it yet, is that after prolonged usage (10-15hours), it sometime "crash" replugging it work most of the time, but in rare occasion, the os is unable to reserve the memory (i think the driver need continuous memory), in which case, i need to reboot. but keep in mind, my pandora is open and pretty much working 24/7 XD.