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How do I install a USB Wifi adapter? [SOLVED>

Post by Zipjim89 » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:23 am

I got a US Wifi adapter, but when it shipped, there was no documentation on it, and when I tried to use it the driver manager in 18 had nothing. Thinking I needed a driver for it, I got someone in China to send me a big .rar file with All kinds of stuff on it. What do do with it? Driver manager still doesn’t see the USB adapter. Is there some way to use the Linux drivers my Chinese friend sent me? Is there a process to have driver manager install the adapter it doesn’t appear to see? How can I do this without messing everything up?

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Re: How do I install a USB Wifi adapter?

Post by Moem » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:37 am

If your issue is solved, kindly indicate that by editing the first post in the topic, and adding [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks!

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Re: How do I install a USB Wifi adapter?

Post by Pjotr » Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:47 am

a. Please generate an overview of your system like this (obviously with the adapter plugged in):
— Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
— make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
— copy/paste this command into the terminal:

(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

b. Do the same with the following three commands:

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Re: How do I install a USB Wifi adapter?

Post by Zipjim89 » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:19 pm

river@river-E-4100 ~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Host: river-E-4100 Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.3.1) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1) Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah Machine: System: Gateway product: E-4100 v: 4000820 Mobo: Intel model: D865GLC v: AAC27501-403 Bios: Intel v: BF86510A.15A.0043.P07.0308011434 date: 08/01/2003 CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 5186 clock speeds: max: 2593 MHz 1: 2593 MHz 2: 2593 MHz Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV350 [Radeon 9550/9600/X1050 Series] bus-ID: 02:00.0 Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.02hz GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV350 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes Network: Card-1: Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: ac00 bus-ID: 01:08.0 IF: enp1s8 state: down mac: Card-2: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter usb-ID: 001-002 IF: null-if-id state: N/A mac: N/A Drives: HDD Total Size: 179.9GB (4.4% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: Maxtor_6Y160P0 size: 163.9GB ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Cruzer_Blade size: 16.0GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 150G used: 6.1G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 ID-2: swap-1 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5 ID-3: swap-2 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/zram0 ID-4: swap-3 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/zram1 RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured? Info: Processes: 187 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 620.2/2013.3MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.35 river@river-E-4100 ~ $ rfkill list all river@river-E-4100 ~ $ inxi -Nn Network: Card-1: Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller driver: e100 IF: enp1s8 state: down mac: 00:07:e9:4b:4e:01 Card-2: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter IF: null-if-id state: N/A mac: N/A river@river-E-4100 ~ $ iwconfig wlx0013ef8b110b IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"guest-wireless" Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 74:A0:2F:08:21:63 Bit Rate:72.2 Mb/s Sensitivity:0/0 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=1/100 Signal level=8/100 Noise level=0/100 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 enp1s8 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. river@river-E-4100 ~ $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub river@river-E-4100 ~ $ 

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Re: How do I install a USB Wifi adapter?

Post by Pjotr » Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:50 pm

Which is which? Because you seem to have executed those commands, at least part of them, with two wifi dongles inserted. That confuses the issue big time.

Please repeat those commands with only the wifi dongle inserted that gives the problem. Afterwards you can make internet connection with the other wifi dongle, in order to post your reply.

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Re: How do I install a USB Wifi adapter?

Post by JeremyB » Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:11 pm

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

modprobe -c | grep -i 818b alias pci:v000010ECd0000818Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* rtl8192ee alias usb:v10C4p818Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* cp210x

Wireless Script

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Re: How do I install a USB Wifi adapter?

Post by Zipjim89 » Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:51 pm

river@river-E-4100 ~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Host: river-E-4100 Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.3.1) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1) Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah Machine: System: Gateway product: E-4100 v: 4000820 Mobo: Intel model: D865GLC v: AAC27501-403 Bios: Intel v: BF86510A.15A.0043.P07.0308011434 date: 08/01/2003 CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 5186 clock speeds: max: 2593 MHz 1: 2593 MHz 2: 2593 MHz Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV350 [Radeon 9550/9600/X1050 Series] bus-ID: 02:00.0 Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.02hz GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV350 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes Network: Card: Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: ac00 bus-ID: 01:08.0 IF: enp1s8 state: down mac: Drives: HDD Total Size: 179.9GB (4.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: Maxtor_6Y160P0 size: 163.9GB ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Cruzer_Blade size: 16.0GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 150G used: 6.3G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 ID-2: swap-1 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5 ID-3: swap-2 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/zram0 ID-4: swap-3 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/zram1 RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured? Info: Processes: 185 Uptime: 4:10 Memory: 657.4/2013.3MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.35 river@river-E-4100 ~ $ rfkill list all river@river-E-4100 ~ $ inxi -Nn Network: Card: Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller driver: e100 IF: enp1s8 state: down mac: 00:07:e9:4b:4e:01 river@river-E-4100 ~ $ iwconfig enp1s8 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. river@river-E-4100 ~ $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub river@river-E-4100 ~ $

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