Identify USB Wi-Fi adapters that are easily available and work with Tails (#15131) · Issues · tails / tails

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

Parent Task: #14534

Subtasks

#15858 (closed)

Related issues

Related to #14544 (closed)
Blocks #11683 (closed)
Blocks #15941 (closed)

_Originally created by @sajolida on [#15131 (Redmine)](https://public-redmine-archive.tails.boum.org/code/issues/15131)_

|                             |         |           |         |       |                                                                    |
| --------------------------- | ------- | --------- | ------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 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](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/1882/journal.pgp)
  * [DWA-131.pgp](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/1945/DWA-131.pgp)
  * [DWA-171A1.pgp](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/1946/DWA-171A1.pgp)
  * [TL-WN725N.pgp](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/1947/TL-WN725N.pgp)
  * [TL-WN821N.pgp](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/1948/TL-WN821N.pgp)
  * [TL-WN823N.pgp](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/1949/TL-WN823N.pgp)
  * [WUSB6100M.pgp](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/1950/WUSB6100M.pgp)

Parent Task: tails/tails#14534

### Subtasks

- [x] tails/tails#15858

### Related issues

- **Related to** tails/tails#14544
  - **Blocks** tails/tails#11683
  - **Blocks** tails/tails#15941

Edited May 21, 2020 by sajolida

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