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Subject: Re: [9front] rpi4 wifi USB dongle
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 03:07:53PM +0100, Daniel Morandini wrote:
> Hi hiro and kemal,
> > correct. last i checked there were no viable usb wifi chipsets worth
> > supporting (i.e. both modern enough, and with documentation,
> > preferably without binary blob firmware)
> I was suspecting it. I tried to find one with these requirements too
> without luck.
> 
> I guess I have 2 options now:
> - buy a long ethernet wire and hole some walls, or
> - build wifi repeater with ethernet port.
> 
> Any suggestion/alternative approach?
> 
> dan

Richard Miller's plan 9 image supports wifi on these machines.

khm