Dlinkgo (D-Link) Wireless N 150 Easy USB Adapter
Model: GO-USB-N150
Hardware version: B1
Firmware version: 2.00
lsusb sees it as:
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Bus 001 Device 008: ID 2001:3311 D-Link Corp.
I found instructions on an Ubuntu forum about how to tweak the RTL8188EU driver
(https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu) to detect this device.
The code as follows:
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sudo apt-get install build-essential git linux-headers-generic
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.git
gedit rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
- - - Change this line: {USB_DEVICE(0x2001, 0x330F)}, /* DLink DWA-125 REV D1 */
- - - to this: {USB_DEVICE(0x2001, 0x3311)}, /* DLink GO-USB-N150 REV B1 */
cd rtl8188eu
make
sudo make install
sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
sudo cp rtl8188eufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/
from my networks list. However, after opening a wireless connection the signal
only stays alive for a few seconds before dropping to practically zero.
I can turn the driver on and off again by modprobe and it again comes to life for a few
seconds before dying.
iwconfig returns:
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wlan 0IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"********" Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0C:C3:D9:51:00
Bit Rate:72.2 Mb/s Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-****-**** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=2/100 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
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wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:54:2e:21:c2:30
inet addr:192.168.100.24 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::7a54:2eff:fe21:c230/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:76 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:99 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:11306 (11.3 KB) TX bytes:23849 (23.8 KB)
I have no idea what they mean:
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modinfo 8188eu
filename: /lib/modules/3.11.0-12-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8188eu.ko
version: v4.1.4_6773.20130222
author: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
description: Realtek Wireless Lan Driver
license: GPL
srcversion: B53FE0A69D8935CA411E5A4
alias: usb:v2001p3311d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v8179p07B8d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp0179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp8179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
depends:
vermagic: 3.11.0-12-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: rtw_ips_mode:The default IPS mode (int)
parm: ifname:The default name to allocate for first interface (charp)
parm: if2name:The default name to allocate for second interface (charp)
parm: rtw_initmac:charp
parm: rtw_channel_plan:int
parm: rtw_chip_version:int
parm: rtw_rfintfs:int
parm: rtw_lbkmode:int
parm: rtw_network_mode:int
parm: rtw_channel:int
parm: rtw_mp_mode:int
parm: rtw_wmm_enable:int
parm: rtw_vrtl_carrier_sense:int
parm: rtw_vcs_type:int
parm: rtw_busy_thresh:int
parm: rtw_ht_enable:int
parm: rtw_cbw40_enable:int
parm: rtw_ampdu_enable:int
parm: rtw_rx_stbc:int
parm: rtw_ampdu_amsdu:int
parm: rtw_lowrate_two_xmit:int
parm: rtw_rf_config:int
parm: rtw_power_mgnt:int
parm: rtw_smart_ps:int
parm: rtw_low_power:int
parm: rtw_wifi_spec:int
parm: rtw_antdiv_cfg:int
parm: rtw_antdiv_type:int
parm: rtw_enusbss:int
parm: rtw_hwpdn_mode:int
parm: rtw_hwpwrp_detect:int
parm: rtw_hw_wps_pbc:int
parm: rtw_max_roaming_times:The max roaming times to try (uint)
parm: rtw_fw_iol:FW IOL (int)
parm: rtw_mc2u_disable:int
parm: rtw_80211d:Enable 802.11d mechanism (int)
parm: rtw_notch_filter:0:Disable, 1:Enable, 2:Enable only for P2P (uint)
parm: debug:Set debug level (1-9) (default 1) (int)