GNU/Linux Mageia NetGear Nighthawk A8000 Wifi Driver Setup – Step-by-step Guide
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install NetGear Nighthawk A8000 Wireless Wi-fi/Bluetooth Driver in Mageia GNU/Linux Desktop.
And the Netgear Nighthawk A8000 Driver for Mageia is supported by the Mediatek MT7921 Kernel Module.
But this Driver could be missing the Required Firmware that you can Setup on Mageia enabling the Non-free Repository.
Especially relevant: this Driver is supplied from Linux 4.19 but some important Connection Issues has been fixed only starting from the 5.4.1 release.
So first provide to Update your system and then possibly see How to Install Latest Linux Kernel on Mageia.
In case to check your Adapter Chipset see: How to Check Wireless Device ID on GNU/Linux.
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