Using USB Wifi Adapter in Linux

My Acer laptop doesn’t have a linux-supported built-in wireless adapter. It has MediaTek mt7902 chipset which doesn’t have any drivers for linux. MediaTek doesn’t like linux and if you don’t know the firmware code and how it works, you cannot write a driver for it. I searched around in google but didn’t find any solution. After doing some research I decided to buy a USB adapter. Those with drivers baked in the linux kernel were expensive, so I bought a cheap one, Cudy WU1300S from StarTech. ...

May 25, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words