I had the same issue and recently upgraded my dongle with this one:GreyAreaUK wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:28 am My current USB WiFi dongle works, but as it doesn't have external antenna the range is rather poor - it's fine in the room with the basestation, not so fine a few walls away.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D72GSMS/
Might not be the most discret solution but it solved my problem.