List of out of the box Wifi adaptors

Alberto · Post by **Alberto** » 14 Sep 2022, 09:27

Do you have a list of recommended Wifi dongles that will work out of the box without all the hassle of compiling drivers?
(This will become an issue over time because raspberry 4 has on board Wifi)

nicolaiB · Post by **nicolaiB** » 14 Sep 2022, 09:49

Hi Alberto,

we do not have a list of working USB WiFi dongles as these lists tends to be very volatile. Sometimes hardware manufacturers change the chips between releases and therefore list are often outdated.

Personally I have good experience with the following devices:

Edimax EW-7811UN (chipset r8712u)
CSL 300262 (chipset r8712u)

-Nicolai

Alberto · Post by **Alberto** » 14 Sep 2022, 15:36

Thanks Nicolai, it is very helpful

Post by **u.biakoup** » 14 Sep 2022, 15:43

Hello Alberto,
there were already some discussion about your request here.
See here:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2274&p=8424&hilit=wifi#p8373

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=62982

Best Regards

Ulrich Kouatang Biakoup | Technical Support

Alberto · Post by **Alberto** » 15 Sep 2022, 11:08

Does the Edimax EW-7811UN supposed to work like plug and play ?
or drivers should be installed and if so do you have access to the drivers.
I'll be grateful for any help

nicolaiB · Post by **nicolaiB** » 15 Sep 2022, 12:20

Yes, at least the version I have at hand, works out of the box.

-Nicolai

Harols · Post by **Harols** » 05 Oct 2022, 17:53

Thanks for the important information