rt2870 wireless n adapter not working!!!!!

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mint-17

rt2870 wireless n adapter not working!!!!!

Post by mint-17 »

hello everyone currently on mint 17 cinnamon but cant seem to get my wireless n adapter working its getting very frustrating can anyone help me please?
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ClutchDisc

Re: rt2870 wireless n adapter not working!!!!!

Post by ClutchDisc »

Hi, did you try Menu > Control Center > Driver Manager? You might find a driver there for wireless.. if so, it's best to connect via Ethernet and then enable it. I hope that helps! :)
mint-17

Re: rt2870 wireless n adapter not working!!!!!

Post by mint-17 »

ClutchDisc wrote:Hi, did you try Menu > Control Center > Driver Manager? You might find a driver there for wireless.. if so, it's best to connect via Ethernet and then enable it. I hope that helps! :)
nothing in driver manager tried changing the wpa supplicant but nothing works
ClutchDisc

Re: rt2870 wireless n adapter not working!!!!!

Post by ClutchDisc »

http://www.linuxhospital.com/read/solve ... t2870.html

Not sure if you have seen this link or not, but maybe it is of some help?
mint-17

Re: rt2870 wireless n adapter not working!!!!!

Post by mint-17 »

ClutchDisc wrote:http://www.linuxhospital.com/read/solve ... t2870.html

Not sure if you have seen this link or not, but maybe it is of some help?

yeah thanks tried that none of the solutions seems to work, could it be too do with the linux kernel 3......?
ClutchDisc

Re: rt2870 wireless n adapter not working!!!!!

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Hmm.. not sure. That is going beyond my current knowledge level, so hopefully someone else can chime in. :(
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