Setting up a usb wifi

[ffp]

Have searched, but may not be wording the search right, and have not found anything that deals directly with my question.

Recently installed Linux Mint 17.1 and trying to set up my wireless usb wifi but getting nowhere. When plugged in it might connect for 5 seconds, or less, reads 3-15% and does not connect to the internet. What I have is the Startech USB150WN1X1 USB 802.11N Mini Wireless Network Adapter. In searching for drivers I find nothing in the "store" but did find online what appears to be the installation package I need, but I'm not sure. That package is identified as /home/ffp/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911.tar.gz.

When running lsusb in terminal, with it plugged in I get this listing:

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04d9:0321 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.
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

It appears to be the 2nd on the list but no internet connection.

No well versed in all of this so need instructions for a newbie that anybody could follow!

Do I need to get a different usb wireless, or is this workable? If I need a different one, what is the best choice? Computer is maybe 10 feet from the router and would like to get rid of the cable connection.

Thanks for any assists.

[Rusty1]

From https://wikidevi.com/wiki/StarTech_USB150WN1X1 it appears that this device is not yet supported in Linux. If possible , it might be better to find one that is.

[ffp]

That's about what I figured.

Anyone with the name and model number of one that is easy to connect and use?

ffp

[JeremyB]

Have searched, but may not be wording the search right, and have not found anything that deals directly with my question.

Recently installed Linux Mint 17.1 and trying to set up my wireless usb wifi but getting nowhere. When plugged in it might connect for 5 seconds, or less, reads 3-15% and does not connect to the internet. What I have is the Startech USB150WN1X1 USB 802.11N Mini Wireless Network Adapter. In searching for drivers I find nothing in the "store" but did find online what appears to be the installation package I need, but I'm not sure. That package is identified as /home/ffp/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911.tar.gz.

When running lsusb in terminal, with it plugged in I get this listing:

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lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04d9:0321 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. 
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

It appears to be the 2nd on the list but no internet connection.

No well versed in all of this so need instructions for a newbie that anybody could follow!

Do I need to get a different usb wireless, or is this workable? If I need a different one, what is the best choice? Computer is maybe 10 feet from the router and would like to get rid of the cable connection.

Thanks for any assists.

Post the results from

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modprobe -c | grep 8179

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rfkill list all

And I think most Realtek devices need firmware so

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sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

[Rusty1]

Again it appears theStartek adapter is not supported in Mint as yet. https://wikidevi.com/wiki/StarTech_USB150WN1X1

I have one of these, works well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6833704041

[JeremyB]

Again it appears theStartek adapter is not supported in Mint as yet. https://wikidevi.com/wiki/StarTech_USB150WN1X1

I have one of these, works well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6833704041

Not entirely true about not being supported. When I run the

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modprobe -c | grep 8179

It shows that the r8188eu module should support it but I am running a custom kernel that is based on 3.13.0-46. The customization was to have some modules that were builtin to the kernel be made as modules for some testing

[Rusty1]

If I read https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... rs/rtl819x

rtl8192cu is a USB driver for RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU devices.

[JeremyB]

If I read https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... rs/rtl819x

rtl8192cu is a USB driver for RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU devices.

It doesn't do much good if the device isn't in the alias list unless somebody wants to manually add it. It could be tried with

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sudo modprobe rtl8192cu

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echo '0bda 8179' | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id

and see if it works

[AlbertP]

Device 0bda:8179 is claimed by the driver for the RTL8188EU device instead of RTL8188CUS/RTL8192CU.

I've seen situations like this before where the same ID was found on devices with a different Realtek chip. I have experienced it myself once, but that was a device which was pretty broken anyway (the end of the story was that the router threw the device off the network because it behaved so badly, and that happened while using Windows (!)).
It is quite a problem on a system like Linux where drivers for many devices are preinstalled (On Windows, you just install the driver for your own device from the device manufacturer's CD or website, so it usually does not conflict there).

If JeremyB's commands do not work, precede it with:

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modprobe -r r8188eu rtl8192cu

to ensure both drivers are unloaded before you load the right one again, to avoid conflicts.