Mark sat back, relieved. The Realtek 8811CU was a budget chipset, found in cheap USB dongles sold by the thousands on Amazon. It wasn't a premium Intel AX200 or a high-end Killer NIC. It was the workhorse of the budget wireless world.

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He unplugged the small USB dongle and plugged it back in. The Windows sound chimed— duh-dun . A notification popped up in the corner: "USB Device Not Recognized."