Recommended USB wireless module?

[jojomehta]

Hi, after years of encouragement from a dedicated PCLinuxOS friend I've finally installed it (KDE 2012)... 

I would like to use a USB wireless module for internet connectivity - is there a particular make or model I should be going for to make it easy for myself?  I'm in the UK. 

Any recommendations most gratefully received - and please forgive me if there was somewhere obvious to find this info that as an absolute newbie I haven't spotted.

jj

[kalle123]

You should find a comprehensive listing of USB wireless devices here

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices

BR - KH

[Just17]

Have a look here for some recommendations from PCLinuxOS users

http://www.pclinuxoshelp.com/index.php/Main_Page

http://www.pclinuxoshelp.com/index.php/PCLinuxOS_Hardware_Database

and more particularly

http://www.pclinuxoshelp.com/index.php/Wireless_networking

[jojomehta]

Fantastically useful, thank you so much. jj

[pags]

I've had pretty good success with a couple D-Link DWA-160's

[jpaglia@MeadowPost ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3a09 D-Link System DWA-160 Xtreme N Dual Band USB Adapter(rev.A2) [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG]
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device (Multicard Reader)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c50a Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse
[jpaglia@MeadowPost ~]$ lsmod | grep -i usb
snd_usb_audio          70279  0
snd_usbmidi_lib        15312  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            15191  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_hwdep               4692  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                60830  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd                    41653  18 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
ar9170usb              46122  0
usbhid                 31331  0
hid                    63405  1 usbhid
mac80211              189557  2 ar9170usb,carl9170
ath                    11515  2 ar9170usb,carl9170
cfg80211              125763  4 ar9170usb,carl9170,mac80211,ath
usb_storage            35388  0
usbcore               117475  10 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,ar9170usb,usbhid,carl9170,uas,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
scsi_mod              149752  7 sr_mod,sg,uas,usb_storage,firewire_sbp2,libata,sd_mod
[jpaglia@MeadowPost ~]$

I did have to dig up the firmware for it, but it's been pretty good since (hope I didn't just jinx myself!)