Wifi out of the box connectivity

[naive2021]

OS: openSUSE Leap 15.6
kernel: 6.4.0-150600.23.33-default
cinnamon version: 6.0.0

1- there’s NO Ethernet available, only wifi.

2- now i use “Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200, Internal PCIe”. and it work good for me, during insulation the network appears and take less than minute to chose/set it (you can say it auto setting during insulation).

3- I plan to buy setup (short story, in my country there’s very limited motherboards versions available and they without wifi).

4- so i try find USB Wi-Fi adapter that good opensuse / linux support and can work out of the box (during insulation the network appears and set it (if i remember i just choose the network, enter password and after insulation finish it work).

5- after alot of search find Alfa AWUS036EAC. but i do not know if it will work or not, plus i can not find any real opensuse use case. also order it is not that easy and can not return it if did not work.

Q1:
can help me find if it will work or not?
Q2
is there’s any other trusted surjections?

thanks in advance

[Sauerland]

@naive2021

Alfa AWUS036EAC

As far as I can see, it is this Adapter:

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter 

Should be working with kernel 6.14 out of the box:
https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RTW88_8812AU.html

[naive2021]

[Sauerland]

But openSUSE has no kernel 6.14 up to now…

Tumbleweed on 6.13
Leap 15.6 on 6.4
and
Leap 16.0 on 6.12

So maybe use another Wifi Adapter.

Edit
There is a rtl8812au-kmp-default in Leap 15.6 which supports the ID of the Chip.
But Installation over Wlan is not the best idea.

[naive2021]

Is there’s any recommended one that use Atheros (Qualcomm) or Realtek chipsets, or other chipsets that support monitor mode and injection.

[Svyatko]

@naive2021

there’s NO Ethernet available, only wifi.

Use USB Ethernet adaptor.