usb wifi dongle recommendations.

[nwtmg]

Hi,

I have a toshiba laptop that uses the BCM43142A0 for wifi. I have had nothing but problems with the wifi since I purchased the laptop. I use the wired connwection to gain access to the net it uses realtek rtl810xE for net access. I have zero problems with the wired connection. I am thinking of purchasing a wifi dongle from ebay. I noticed that it uses Chipset: Realtek RTL8193CU . I have checked the forum and found some problems with this chipset. I am looking for a recommendation for a usb dongle that will work well with linux. Thank you.

[morgano]

First, I dont know what problems you have, but have you tried https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Switching_to_networkmanager ?
It works better for a couple laptops i have.

[nwtmg]

The problem is the BCM43142A0 chip. I would like to disable it and use a usb dongle but I need to know which wifi dongle will work best with linux. That was an interesting page and did not solve the problem. Thanks for your help.

[irondave]

I found this: https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/bl ... drivers.md