Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
My Edimax EW-7711UAn seems to have died! Anybody else experienced a WiFi dongle kicking the bucket? I guess they must do from time to time, but my immediate thought is "why me????"!
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How am I sure it's dead? Well, with another RT3070 dongle plugged in, my Linux system offers to connect to my WiFi network. With the "dead" one plugged into the same USB port, it just complains there are no network connections. Pretty conclusive, I would say, and so far as I can make out it's not even being picked up as a USB device.
I'm asking myself whether to replace it like-for-like. Listed on Amazon for £35, discontinued at RS, Farnell seem to have them for £17... but I guess as the chipset doesn't seem to be specified anywhere it could turn out to be a pig in a poke for HDR-FOX use. Caveat emptor.