Getting the internal WiFi working on a MINIX NEO Z83-4 in Linux

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:21:43 -0500

I recently got a hold of bunch of Minix brand Mini PCs for dirt cheap ($10 each) from FB Marketplace. I initially had a CUPS server running in my homelab but having to rebuild it, I figured I would use this one as a CUPS server to share my yet another dirt cheap USB printer from Marketplace as well. This would also let me not have to deal with bridging my homelab VLAN with my WiFI since the priority here was to let anyone in the home quickly print off things from their laptops or phones over Wifi. My current setup also involved putting the printer in the laundry room and run a long USB cable to the bedroom closet (aka homelab) which wasn’t ideal at all. At any point in time, someone could get snatched on it and bring my computers down to the ground. So I got into a mission to make use of one of these Minix boxes.

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Getting the internal WiFi working on a MINIX NEO Z83-4 in Linux