Raspberry Pi 3 Cookbook for Python Programmers - Third Edition
by Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Tim Cox
Getting ready
You will need to obtain a suitable USB Wi-Fi dongle, and, in some cases, you may require a powered USB hub (this will depend on the hardware version of Raspberry Pi you have and the quality of your power supply). General suitability of USB Wi-Fi dongles will vary depending on the chipset that is used inside and the level of Linux support available. You may find that some USB Wi-Fi dongles will work without installing additional drivers (in which case you can jump to configuring it for the wireless network).
A list of supported Wi-Fi adapters is available at http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters.
You will need to ensure that your Wi-Fi adapter is also compatible with your intended network; for example, it supports the same ...
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