Difference between revisions of "Asus USB-N13 Wireless-N Adapter"
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| − | This is a USB wireless adapter that advertises itself has having 'Linux Support' on the box. However it is not 'plug'n'play' and can be a little tricky to get it working. (it does work, I'm using it to write this. | + | This is a USB wireless adapter that advertises itself has having 'Linux Support' on the box. However it is not 'plug'n'play' and can be a little tricky to get it working. (it does work, however, I'm using it to write this page). (This is under 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx) |
I got it to work by cobbling together instructions form a variety of threads on the ubuntu forums. There is some native support for the drivers but I ended up compiling a driver. This may not be necessary so first I will list the things I do know you need to do to get it to work, then show how to compile the driver if this does not work. | I got it to work by cobbling together instructions form a variety of threads on the ubuntu forums. There is some native support for the drivers but I ended up compiling a driver. This may not be necessary so first I will list the things I do know you need to do to get it to work, then show how to compile the driver if this does not work. | ||
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| − | If this does not work you will need to install the driver. Down load this [[http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=148998&d=1267737748 |file]] and unpack it somewhere. | + | If this does not work you will need to install the driver. Down load this [[http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=148998&d=1267737748 |file]] and unpack it somewhere. (you should get a choice to open Archive manager when you download it). |
Change into that directory and do: | Change into that directory and do: | ||
# <code>sudo make</code> | # <code>sudo make</code> | ||
Revision as of 18:25, 17 December 2010
This is a USB wireless adapter that advertises itself has having 'Linux Support' on the box. However it is not 'plug'n'play' and can be a little tricky to get it working. (it does work, however, I'm using it to write this page). (This is under 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx)
I got it to work by cobbling together instructions form a variety of threads on the ubuntu forums. There is some native support for the drivers but I ended up compiling a driver. This may not be necessary so first I will list the things I do know you need to do to get it to work, then show how to compile the driver if this does not work.
In a terminal:
1. sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/network_drivers.rules
Then cut and paste the following line into it. Proof-read it and make sure it is all on one line:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0b05", ATTR{idProduct}=="1784", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -qba rt2870sta"
2. sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/network_drivers.conf
Then cut and paste the following line into it. Proof-read it and make sure it is all on one line.
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0b05", ATTR{idProduct}=="1784", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -qba rt2870sta"
3. reboot
If this does not work you will need to install the driver. Down load this [|file] and unpack it somewhere. (you should get a choice to open Archive manager when you download it).
Change into that directory and do:
sudo makesudo make install- then reboot.
It should now all be working.