How to use internet without a builtin wifi module?

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I want to ask how can I connect my pc to internet as there is no bult in wifi module in it. I asked from the seller and they suggested an ‘Alpha Device’ so I purchased it but don’t know how to connect it with the fedora 40. can anyone hear help me

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I’m not sure what an alpha device is, but there are many, fairly inexpensive USB wireless adapters. (Or, if you prefer, USB to ethernet adapters). I don’t know what country you’re in or if Amazon, for example, is available, but on Amazon, a quick search for USB wireless brings up
pages of adapters.

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Added hardware, networking

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yeah that usb adapter i have that but idk how will i connect that with the system. i dont know an command

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Hello @izbai ,
Welcome to :fedora!
If that USB adapter is a wireless adapter, just plug it in and power up the device. Fedora should recognize it and you should then have to configure the wireless access to your router. First, plug it in and power up.

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There are probably hundreds of tutorials about how to connect wireless in Fedora. When you’re new to things, you often don’t know what information to post to help others help you, but a few things, what PC are you using, what is the manufacture of the wireless adapter, what desktop are you running, is it the default Gnome one? What version of Fedora? One thing you should do is run
the command
ip lin sh
This will let us know if the machine even sees the adapter. Also the command
lsusb might help.

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After you have it plugged in and you are logged in, check to see if there is a wireless graphic indicator at the top right, if so click on it to view it’s details. Gnome settings will also be a good first place to check if it is recognized.

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The commands are meant to be run in a terminal, which provide text output that can be pasted into forum posts (as pre-formatted text, using the </> button from the top line of the text entry panel). This is much more useful than screen captures needed when using GUI configuration tools as the text can be found with simple web searches, and because screen captures may be unreadable on small laptop screens.

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As stated by other users, it should be pretty much plug and play. Connect it via USB, and you should see your wireless networks after a little bit. Worst comes to worst, reboot while it is plugged, and it should just work.

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There are many Alpha USB WiFI Adapters using differing WiFi chips. If it doesn’t work “out of the boc”, use the LHDB to see if you device is supported on Linux. Some devices need extra steps to install non-free drivers.

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