[oi-dev] OI HCL - Supported USB Dongles

[Atiq Rahman]

Soft nudge on USB Dongles, guys. Help me get connected to internet. I hope my
emails are not landing in spam folder.

Happy mid-week,
Atiq

On 10/15/26 17:05, Atiq Rahman wrote:
>  > For wireless, I have a 15€ USB stick, if i need it when i am somewhere else.
> 
> Which model of USB Wi-Fi adapter are you using?
> 
> I'm getting a ThinkPad P16s Gen 4 AMD and am considering the following
> adapters for initial wireless connectivity under OpenIndiana:
> 
> - Netgear WG111v3
> - Alfa AWUS036H (genuine)
> - Linksys WUSBF54G v1.1
> 
> Has anyone used these successfully with OpenIndiana? Do you happen to have
> a favorite on USB dongle side?
> 
> Cheers!
> Atiq
> 
> 
> On 9/26/26 02:39, Stephan Althaus via oi-dev wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have a DELL Precision 7720 XEON 32GB ECC RAM, 2 NVME, NVidia that is running 
>> out-of-the-box Openindiana.
>>
>> TouchPanel doesn't work, and for wireless i have a 15€ USB stick, if i need it 
>> when i am somewhere else.
>>
>> 35-40 Watts running idle with display on though...
>>
>>
>> I had  another laptop running for some years as a home-server, that was a dell 
>> latitude 6510 8GB w/o ECC, SATA disk, some core i7 ...
>>
>>
>> Thats a lineup i personally would stick to: XEON baesd Laptops, HP, Dell, for 
>> example Dell Precision 7710, 7510, 7520, ...
>>
>>
>> Just my 2 Cents on this topic.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stephan