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One of the most popular wireless adapters, ae2500 is missing both a native Windows 10 and a Linux/BSD driver.
Windows 10 is able to use a Windows 7 driver, but breaks during updates requiring re-install.
Linux/BSD doesn't support it all because it uses a broadcom chip, but it's possible to get it working through ndiswrapper using the XP driver, but it's not very stable.
ae2500 sold within the top 3-10 wireless dongles since around 2012, literally tens of millions have it or had on their computers.
It's quite amazing that this wifi dongle hasn't yet received support on Linux/BSD especially. People too lazy to write one, because it is hard and easier to tell someone to buy a different one. I wonder how many people went back to Windows because they couldn't get it working, after trying a live CD or a Linux install.
Just an example of why the year of the Linux desktop will probably never happen, certain popular hardware simply never get support.
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>>55844046
How does one write drivers anyway?
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>>55844046
>doesn't support it at all
you mean the manufacturer doesn't build drivers/doesn't support ancient hardware on modern systems.
take your non-problems elsewhere pleb.
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>>55844062
with C most of the time
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>>55844046
>broadcom
hi fucktard, broadcom disallows reverse engineering in their license and thus any attempt to write a driver for it would be illegal
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>>55844062
extremely painfully
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>>55844090
>>illegal
So do many other major chips/devices, it's against the license agreement and depends on the techniques used. Also some broadcom chips have drivers on unix.
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Guys Is USB 3.1 (Gen 2 w/ Thunderbolt) the same thing as Thunderbolt III?
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>>55844046
Who the fuck uses USB WiFi adapters in this day and age?
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