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I just bought a USB wifi adapter (TL-WN823N) for my RPi2 and I can't get it to connect to my network, it can't find wlan0, even though, as I show in the uploaded image, Linux finds said adapter via USB.
I´ve tried all in this web.
The TL-WN823N is not the same as the Tenda W311MI used in the article you linked so a different driver is probably needed.
I googled tl-wn823n raspberry pi and got multiple hits. You may need to combine the answers from multiple sources as you have a Bullseye (Debian 11) based OS which wasn't available when the RPi 2 was current. If you need to compile a driver from source code, you may need to increase the size of the swap file because the RPi 2 has limited memory.
Thanks but that is beyond my knowledge of linux, I think I'll have to return the adapter now that I can...
If you want something real simple get a repeater with lan ports
I have now that, but i will move the RPi and i didn´t want a RJ45 cable all over the place 
hm there are limited option if you don't want to configure anything in linux
what about power lan? should be plug and play and the ethernet cable can be really short
You might try asking in the RPi forums for a recommendation on a WiFi dongle for Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Bullseye) that will have drivers already installed (for your RPi 2).
Have you set the WiFi country? Previously this wasn't necessary(and I see you are using a 2017 tutorial!), but recent versions of the operating system need you to set a WiFi country, else Wifi cannot be turned on. Its a separate thing to other country settings.
Pretty sure that's just for the internal wifi, but yeah it doesn't hurt to test it.
Yes, i did it, thank you.
I'll try another USB adapter...
No, the Pi will not connect to any WiFi at all until you set a WiFi country. It's a legal requirement - the allowed frequencies are different in different countries. It previously defaulted to "GB" unless you changed it, but those settings are wrong for many other countries, including for the many who live in the US. They can't stop you setting it to the wrong country of course, but until you set it to something, you'll get no WiFi.
Ha that's new for me.
I was under the impression that wifi dongles don't need that setting.
Thanks for the info 
