This is fun: I wanted to try a different and external WiFi usb adapter because the one embedded on my Beelink EQ12 I thought was not enough. So bought one that is natively supported by the kernel: ALFA Network awus036nha. Plugged in, recognised straightaway. “Good” I thought. Let’s now switch my wifi network to the new adapter! But…:
~ # ha network scan wlp0s20f0u3
Processing... Done.
accesspoints:
- frequency: 2412
mac: E8:65:D4:61:DD:C8
mode: infrastructure
signal: 19
ssid: TIM-MM
- frequency: 2412
mac: C0:06:C3:06:1F:21
mode: infrastructure
signal: 24
ssid: TIM-MM_EXT
- frequency: 2412
mac: 10:13:31:C7:1A:DF
mode: infrastructure
signal: 20
ssid: TIM-MM
- frequency: 2412
mac: B0:4E:26:E6:96:A8
mode: infrastructure
signal: 29
ssid: TIM-MM
- frequency: 2462
mac: 06:D1:6D:1C:71:D2
mode: infrastructure
signal: 35
ssid: AKRASSGuest
- frequency: 2462
mac: 04:BF:6D:1C:71:D1
mode: infrastructure
signal: 30
ssid: AKRASS
~ # ha network scan wlo1
Processing... Done.
accesspoints:
- frequency: 2472
mac: C0:A3:6E:BC:A0:04
mode: infrastructure
signal: 55
ssid: SKYWIFI_DPZXL
They are basically next to each other, and they recognised all different wifi networks! wlo1
that is the beelink adapter sees only the WiFI I need to connect to (and to which I am currenty connected), the other sees a lot more WiFis but not the only one I need to connect to! I get the same result with nmcli
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What the hell is going on here?!?
I know that HA on WiFi is not recommended, but this my only option.