Re: USB wifi and Bluetooth dongles under GUIX

[Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>]

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On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 05:30:26PM +0100, Daniel Hatton wrote:
> On 20/09/2024 17:21, Andreas Enge wrote:
> 
> > yes, but unfortunately I cannot suggest a particular brand. I have bought
> > a random, rather large and rather cheap external Atheros dongle years ago,
> > and it just works. I have even somewhat twisted the metal part of the USB
> > plug, and it still works.
> > 
> > dmesg says this:
> > [80900.045953] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08
> 
> Thanks.  Yep, 0cf3:9271 is the same model I've got.  It works, just a bit
> flaky and rather obtrusive.

I occasionally use a ~15 cm USB extender and then plug the wifi stick
into that. I've found that it's just long enough that I can tuck it
behind the screen where I'm less likely to tap it.

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