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Ideally from a reputable brand, and in a compact form factor (something the size of a smallish flash drive, no big antenna sticking out)

I was gonna get the TP Link Archer T3U, but the driver developer left a README note saying there's no guarantee it will work in USB 3.0 mode, and I don't want to gamble on buying it to find out

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To get the best throughput, or to at least try to see if it would be better than USB 2. I have a working USB 2 adapter, but it's just annoyingly slow sometimes, especially when I'm trying to stream video while uploading/seeding, or even to just transfer data to a different machine on the wifi network.

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I found this pretty interesting website that has lists of devices, on the right side panel of a specific page it shows the "probable linux driver" https://techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_T_series

So for example (there are many other better ones on the website) the TP-LINK Archer T3U supposedly gets higher speeds. But TP-Link also listed above 480 Mbps for a USB 2.0 device I saw, so I don't know if they're lying or what.

edit: lol I forgot this was the device you mentioned in the post.

It sounds like that device's driver got merged into the linux kernel.

Honestly it probably works lol.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly it probably works lol.

👍 you were right, it works OOTB even without the driver I mentioned. in USB 3.0 mode too, unless lsusb is lying to me

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

nice, thanks for the update! I was just using lsusb the other day to see if my external ssd was getting full speed through a hub. I hope it isn't lying to me either 😁

[–] buh@hexbear.net 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I'm sure it's not lying because I can simultaneously download and upload torrents now, and at higher speeds than before 😊