Sorry if this is slightly off topic, I searched for communities about tech support on here and couldn’t find anything that wasn’t dead in the water. Basically I want to use WPA3 on my Network, however my Windows partition doesn’t support WPA3 for some reason. I only keep that piece of trash around for school work. My Fedora Linux partition can use WPA3 just fine so I assume this is a driver issue. Is there any way to use Linux WiFi drivers on Windows?

(inb4 how the turntables)

  • Mountaineer@aussie.zone
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    28 days ago

    If you need to use windows because of a software issue, not a hardware issue, you’re probably best off running windows in a VM.
    That way your linux install is making the WPA3 connection, and as far as the Windows install is concerned, it’s on a wired lan.
    This has the added benefit of not having to reboot, you just always start linux and turn the windows VM on and off as required.

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      28 days ago

      Unfortunately its due to Lockdown browser which doesn’t allow virtualization no matter how obfuscated I try to make it.

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        28 days ago

        I have the same problem at my school, but thankfully, the school library has laptops I can borrow with the lockdown browser installed. It isn’t ideal, but is there a similar arrangement you could make?

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          28 days ago

          They only allow certain students in specific programs to borrow and I dont fit the criteria. Its a Really shitty situation.

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          28 days ago

          I do see valid use cases for pc in a test-exam-facility (meaning 80 pc without personal login) or pc in kiosk mode.

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        28 days ago

        Refuse to use it or if you aren’t that bold refuse to run it on your own hardware.

        Seriously though, it is documented malware

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          28 days ago

          I could do this if I wanted to get kicked out of college and lose 5k tuition

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            28 days ago

            Have you talked to your professor? You could always explain that the use of Lockdown browser is unjust. Also you can find professors that don’t require it.

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              27 days ago

              I do have professors that dont require it, but I also have professors that have a stick somewhere it doesn’t belong and just expect the computer to teach us everything. I understand where youre coming from though