usb 3-10: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd It really is a crapshoot if you're picking a model that hasn't yet been tested, so make sure the retailer you buy from has a good return policy, or purchase one known to work with Linux already. Sometimes you have to check the individual hardware revision of a model of USB WiFi adapter, as version 2.1b manufactured between April 2015 and Sept 2017 might contain a compatible chipset, but then hardware revision version 3.4a of the seemingly exact same model of the adapter could be released in Nov 2017, but with an incompatible chipset. I've linked some useful places you can check for compatible adapters below. You're going to want to check out the existing lists / databases from people who've tested adapters, as many manufacturers straight up don't support Linux since it makes up such a small slice of their marketshare. The real tricky part is that is doesn't matter so much what the manufacturer model number is (this is the number you'd see on retail packaging) so much as it matters what chipset is inside the unit, which manufacturers don't publish most of the time because they're stupid for some reason. Nothing seems to work and it looks like it is supported on the ubuntu support page.Īnyone with experience in this area have some steps I can try to get this working?
I have tried a few different steps of installing the drivers from different websites and using the terminal to install a driver that is supposed to work with the modem in this adapter. I currently have a linksys usb wireless adapter model # WUSB6100M that I cant seem to get to work on Ubuntu.