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Well my old laptop died the other day.

In the process of building a new system I decided to skip laptops and windows.

However after installing Ubuntu 20.04 I notice I cannot connect to the internet. It doesn't seem to recognize the wi-fi antenna I plugged into the usb port anywhere.

The antenna is a tp-link ac600. And the provided cd is only giving a Windows driver (but shouldn't Ubuntu default to a generic driver, just like for mice and keyboard).

What are the steps to undertake to get this pc "connected" so I can actually update stuff?

From lsusb (forgive me for not copying all as I have to manually do it through my phone):

Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2357:0120 TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN adapter

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I've tried the link https://askubuntu.com/a/1215448/19626 however after the make dkms_install nothing seems to happen, I don't see wifi turn up anywhere?

paul23
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There is not, and cannot be, a generic driver for USB WiFi adapters because there is no standard USB device class for them. Every manufacturer of WiFi adapters does his own thing regarding the control interface and therefore needs its own driver. This holds for Windows as well as Linux. The difference is that most vendors take care to maintain a working driver for current Windows versions but do not do the same for Linux.

Your best course of action is to buy a USB WiFi adapter with an open source driver included in the standard Linux kernel. Look at https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi for more information on which adapters satisfy that requirement.

Tilman
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