# Getting wifi dongle seen on resinOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Product support\ **Tags:** wifi\ **Created:** [October 20, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-wifi-dongle-seen-on-resinos/2040 "2017-10-20T14:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/michael/32/521_2.png) [@Michael](https://forums.balena.io/u/Michael)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-wifi-dongle-seen-on-resinos/2040/1 "2017-10-20T14:51:04Z")
Raspberry Pi 3’s internal wi-fi does not work well when signal is low, and it’s critical in my case, so I try to fix it with external wi-fi dongles. [This no-name wi-fi adapter](http://onpad.ru/shop/cubie/raspberrypi/Accessories/1775.html), which according to the drivers included seems to carry [MediaTek MT7610U](https://www.mediatek.com/products/broadbandWifi/mt7610u) chip does work under Raspbian without any driver installation (`ifconfig` shows `wlan1` in addition to `wlan0`). But under resinOS there is only one in-built `wlan0` interface. I also tried [EDUP EP-N8508GS dongle](https://amperkot.ru/products/modul_wifi_usb_150_mbps_wireless_wifi_mini_80211_n_g_b/23814541.html), and it **does** work under resinOS (without any driver installation), but it has no antenna, and no gain compared to in-built wi-fi. Do you have any ideas or may be can suggest dongle model names with external antenna that surely work under resinOS? ---
**Author:** ![josephroberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/josephroberts/32/233_2.png) [@josephroberts](https://forums.balena.io/u/josephroberts)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-wifi-dongle-seen-on-resinos/2040/2 "2017-10-20T15:12:11Z")
You can find a non-exhaustive list of supported dongles [here](https://github.com/resin-io/resin-wifi-connect#supported-boards--dongles). Hope that helps.