I restarted the computer, and once I confirmed it wasn't working I ran that commands again: still nothing.For most people, the T9UH is the best Wi-Fi upgrade (or add-on if your PC doesn’t have Wi-Fi at all). It seemed to progress smoothly with no errors but after I got the the end the adaptor still didn't work or appear on "sudo lshw -c network".
I then decided to create the software-build folder in the home directory and continue the instructions. I gave my disk a quick search to see if the directory was present elsewhere, but it returned no results. I followed these command instructions, but got stuck on "cd software-builds" as the directory was not present in my home folders. $ sudo apt install linux-headers-generic build-essential git The following commands worked for me on Mint 18.2 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04: The box includes a CD-ROM with Linux driver software, which did not work for me. This can be fiddly to make it work so don't buy if you are looking for something that plugs in and works. "It does not work out of the box - driver software needs to be installed. I saw in amazon comments for this product that someone had managed to get it working. I have had a little look around and while I have a very vague idea of what to look for it seems there isn't much visible support for this hardware on linux. RTL8187B Wireless Adapterīus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub I know it is not working as I am unable to get a wifi signal from a distance that was possible while on a windows system.īus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:c811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.īus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b128 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltdīus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8198 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. I have a wifi dongle from Amazon (see link: ) and wondered if it could be made to work with ubuntu.
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