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waddlesplash February 25, 2022, 2:41am 5

Support for Realtek USB WiFi adapters now in nightlies OS

With hrev55907, I’ve merged initial support for USB WiFi adapters, and enabled them in the realtekwifi driver. I tested it with one device myself (an 8812AU, to be precise) and it seems to work sufficiently; I was able to connect to a WPA2 network and browse the web. Note that hot-plugging is not currently supported, you have to plug in dongles before booting! (You similarly cannot re-plug devices either.) Lots of USB WiFi adapters are Realtek-based even if they’re under some other brand name,…

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