Use usb wifi dongle instead of internal wifi on Vero 4K

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1

I have a usb wifi dongle that I want to use instead of the internal wifi. The reason is that I want to try wifi with a high gain antenna. I have one Vero 4K that the internal wifi works pretty well with. But another Vero, in another room, has about, on average, a 30% less bit rate.

How do I get the new dongle to work?

TIA

ken

2

You may need to compile the driver for the dongle from source. Without knowing the make and model, it’s hard to speculate.

Sam

3

The one I have now is Netgear A6150 / AC1200. I am still looking for something with external antenna. Any recommendations before I buy one greatly appreciated.

ken

4

Depending on what chipset that has, you may need to compile the appropriate driver from source. You’d need to do this with each OSMC kernel update.

Sam

5

This is the chipset: Realtek RTL8812BU.

Is there a dongle that would work as is on the Vero4K?

thx

ken

6

We don’t have an extensive list of dongles supported out of the box, unfortunately.

7

One last question (about this): Does the latest OSMC support this chipset (or will it in the future)?

thx

ken

8

I don’t believe so. Most Realtek chips reply on downstream drivers.