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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.

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.

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.

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

Mageia 9 fully updated KDE install.

I recently purchased a NETGEAR Model A8000 AXE3000 Wireless Adapter (USB3)
This adapter uses the mt7921u module (in-kernel driver)

You will need to install ipw2100-firmware and ipw2200-firmware and update the firmware as described in https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi

Works great!

You also might do a little googling and see if wifi/bluetooth is on the main board, or if it is a removable module. If it is a module, then swapping it out for something else should simplify things. Unfortunately, the newer it is, the more likely it is soldered in. What is the laptop model?