I am just dipping my toes into Linux. I have dual booted Ubuntu on my main machine. Right now I don’t have access at all to a wired connection. I have a TP link archer T2U usb Wi-Fi adapter that I have used and works (on my windows half). However, I can’t use the Wi-Fi adapter because I am missing the drivers on Linux and can’t even install the packages to install the drivers because I am not connected to the internet. My motherboard does not support Wi-Fi so I have to have the adapter and feel stuck without just buying a new adapter that would work innately with Linux.
You can look (from a terminal) with lsusb what linux thinks it is. With that info you can probably find an open source driver from your windows side, download it and access it from linux (and so install it). Good luck, you’ll earn a lot!
It seems like everything I have found needs to be opened with some package downloaded through the terminal and I can’t access them without internet. I will keep looking for a run and done thing.