I have bought some usb-wifi dongles(network adapters). They seem to

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I have bought some usb-wifi dongles(network adapters). They seem to

be Realtek. The kernel doesn't use them so I should manually install their drivers.
Question: How can I know which brands are installed by default on the kernel? So I can buy devices of those brands.

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Kiyo 💜

" How can I know which brands are installed by default on the kernel? So I can buy devices of those brands." if it's not some brand new company, or some completely obscure company, it's probably supported.

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Kiyo 💜
" How can I know which brands are installed by def...

That's "realtek". All of network adapters I have tested since now are realtek (even those who of other brands are using a realtek chipset inside). And none of them are supported by default.

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Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan

the root
That's "realtek". All of network adapters I have t...

brand does not matter. the most important thing is the NIC chip model, and it will be shown by the lsusb command

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Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
brand does not matter. the most important thing is...

I know. But the question still is: which NIC chip models to buy? Is there any wiki on the net telling which chip models are supported by default on each kernel version? So I don't need to read the source code.

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Kiyo 💜

the root
That's "realtek". All of network adapters I have t...

which model

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Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan

the root
I know. But the question still is: which NIC chip ...

https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges#Linux_5.10.Networking-1

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progmatic99

Kiyo 💜
" How can I know which brands are installed by def...

There is a site maintained by linux ig In which hardware supported by is listed Google it once maybe u will find it I don't remember the name exactly

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Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan · Accepted Answer

Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan

to see if your device is detected by the USB subsystem, use the command lsusb. it will show you the device. does not mean the device is supported by kernel

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