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Identify USB Wi-Fi adapters that are easily available and work with Tails

Originally created by @sajolida on #15131 (Redmine)

Model Vendor ID Band Size Note
Adapters that we have
TL-WN725N TP-Link 0bda:8179 2.4 GHz Nano module: r8188eu, MAC spoofing fails
DWA-131 D-Link 2001:3319 2.4 GHz Small module: rtl8xxxu, firmware: rtl8192eu_nic, authentication failure
WUSB6100M Max-Stream AC600 Linksys 13b1:0042 Dual Small no module loading
DWA-171A1 D-Link 2001:3314 Dual Small no module loading
TL-WN823N TP-Link 2357:0109 2.4 GHz Small module: rtl8xxxu, firmware: rtl8192eu_nic, authentication failure
Archer T2U TP-Link 148f:761a Dual Small no module loading
TL-WN821N TP-Link 2357:0107 2.4 GHz Long no module loading
Adapters that we don’t have
AE6000 Linksys Dual Small mt7610
AC600 (A6100) Netgear Dual Small rtl8812au
N300 (WNA3100M) Netgear 2.4 GHz Small rtl8192cu
G54/N150 (WNA1000M) Netgear 2.4 GHz Nano rtl8192cu
N300 F7D2102 Belkin 2.4 GHz Small rtl8192cu r8712u
AC450 (Archer T1U) TP-Link 5 GHz Nano
AC1300 (Archer T4U) TP-Link Dual Long
AC1200 (A6200) Netgear Dual Long
N900 (WNDA4100) Netgear Dual Long
N600 (WNDA3100) Netgear Dual Long
AE2500 N600 Linksys Dual Long Broadcom BCM43236
AE3000 N900 Linksys Dual Long
WUSB6300 AC1200 Linksys Dual Long 0bda:0153
N300 (WNA3100) Netgear 2.4 GHz Long
N150 (WNA1100) Netgear 2.4 GHz Long ath9k_htc
AE1200 N300 Linksys 2.4 GHz Long
N300 F9L1002 Belkin 2.4 GHz Long 050d:845a RTL8192SU
DWA-140 D-Link 2.4 GHz Long rt2870

Blueprint: https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/wi-fi_adapters/

Attachments

  • journal.pgp
  • DWA-131.pgp
  • DWA-171A1.pgp
  • TL-WN725N.pgp
  • TL-WN821N.pgp
  • TL-WN823N.pgp
  • WUSB6100M.pgp

Parent Task: #14534

Subtasks

  • #15858 (closed)

Related issues

  • Related to #14544 (closed)
  • Blocks #11683 (closed)
  • Blocks #15941 (closed)
Edited May 21, 2020 by sajolida
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