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I recently purchased DWA 131 adapter. Its not working on ubuntu. I upgraded to 15.10 hoping that it would work ... but no link ..

Please help.

lsusb output is : 

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2001:3319 D-Link Corp.

dmesg output is : 

[  691.728363] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[  691.856817] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=2001, idProduct=3319
[  691.856822] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  691.856825] usb 1-3: Product: Wireless N Nano USB Adapter
[  691.856827] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Realtek
[  691.856829] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
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Please see: answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/264654 Especially post #3. – chili555 Nov 4 '15 at 14:52
    
@chili555 I can't believe that such a popular hardware is not supported on Ubuntu !! There has to be some way ... like compiling / manually installing driver .. otherwise what's the point of being Ubuntu !! – Varun Verma Nov 5 '15 at 1:28
    
Related: askubuntu.com/a/792779/167850 – Pilot6 Jun 29 '16 at 15:01
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Try this - https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver

sudo apt-get install git build-essential
git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver.git
cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver
sudo make
sudo make install
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This worked ... I had to make a small change in the Make file because I got an error ... I added following line in make file : EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Wno-date-time Let me test it for few days ... if it works without issues, I will accept this as answer – Varun Verma Dec 10 '15 at 14:30
    
This driver does not work in Raspberry Pi2. Kerner version 4.1.13 v7+ Says recipe for target module failed in Makefile line 1323 Any idea how to get it working on Raspbian ? – Varun Verma Dec 10 '15 at 15:04
    
Incredibly, this worked here. I just installed a test lubuntu 14.04 box under Virtualbox/Vagrant and this started up withou a hitch - within the VM. – kert Jan 10 '16 at 6:56
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I packed this driver to a PPA with DKMS. It can be installed by

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rtl8192eu-dkms

I do not support this driver for 4.8+ kernels. For those who are using Ubuntu with 4.8+ kernels I suggest installing it from github using DKMS by

sudo apt-get install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver.git
sudo dkms add ./rtl8192eu-linux-driver
sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0
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it works too for: TP-LINK TL-WN823N(EU) "VER 2.0 – gorlok Sep 16 '16 at 23:47
    
How can i use it for ver1.0? I tried to install it, the installation completed successfully, but the usb is not recognized (lsusb give me an empty line and the the green light is off)? btw - ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-53-generic, TL-WN823N(EU) – Shai M. Dec 10 '16 at 17:11
    
I have no idea what v 1.0 is. Please ask a new question and post lsusb there. – Pilot6 Dec 10 '16 at 17:18
    
Sorry, i misunderstood. I got the Ver 2.0 of the network stick. I got the same lsusb as here: askubuntu.com/questions/820886/… – Shai M. Dec 10 '16 at 17:30
    
With kernel 4.4 install the version for xenial. launchpad.net/~hanipouspilot/+archive/ubuntu/rtlwifi/+files/‌​… – Pilot6 Dec 10 '16 at 17:33

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