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I'm having problems to find drivers for my Devolo Wifi Stick ac, which is displayed as Edimax Technology Co., Ltd (Vendor-ID: 7392) and the Device-ID c711. When I plugin the Stick, it gets displayed as Mediatek in my syslog.

I've searched a lot of forums, tested a lot of drivers and even tried to use Windows 10-Drivers with ndiswrapper. I used this Stick before on Windows 10 and it was working w/o a problem, except when I tried to change the wireless-network -> I had to restart my Notebook. This looked to me like a power-problem, but I'm not sure about it. Currently my notebook is connected with the built-in wireless-card (Broadcom), which is to slow for my needs.

The first thing I tried after I didn't found any Linux-Driver for this Stick, was to use ndiswrapper/ndisgtk and getting all needed files from my Windows 10 Installation. The Device-Manager listed these files:

  • Strong Name of Drivernode: oem56.inf
  • INF-Part: OS61_RTWLANSE.ndi
  • INF-Name: oem56.inf
  • Included INF-Files: netvwifibus.inf
  • Service: netr28ux
  • Driver-Files: FW_7662.bin, netr28ux.sys, Patch_7662.bin, viwifibus.sys, RaCoInst.dat, RaCoInstx.dll

After some research I found out that MediaTek acquired RaLink and this way it explained to me why I found an RT2870.inf inside of a Driver-Folder I downloaded with some difficulties from a russian site. The files included in this folder are (USB_wifi_ WinXP_Vista_7x64.zip):

  • FW_7662.bin
  • netr28ux.cat
  • netr28ux.inf
  • netr28ux.sys
  • Patch_7662.bin
  • RaCoInst.dat
  • RaCoInstx.dll
  • rt2870.cat
  • RT2870.inf
  • RT2870.sys

So maybe this stick is using a RaLink Chipset? I don't know, because there is no more information about it. Even the manual or vendor-homepage didn't gave me any clue what chipset is used. So, if I'm using the driver above with ndiswrapper, I'm getting the following errors in my syslog:

usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=7392, idProduct=c711
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 3-2: Product: WiFi
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: MediaTek
usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 1.0
usb 3-2: reset high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
ndiswrapper (import:232): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'ExEventObjectType'
ndiswrapper (import:232): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'MmGetSystemRoutineAddress'
ndiswrapper (import:232): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'IoWMIWriteEvent'
ndiswrapper (import:232): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'RtlStringFromGUID'
ndiswrapper (import:232): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'__chkstk'
ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:200): couldn't prepare driver 'rt2870'
ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:103): couldn't load driver rt2870; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
loadndisdriver: loadndisdriver: load_driver(364): couldn't load driver rt2870

I couldn't find this driver in the MediaTek-Download-Section, the files were modified on 12th May 2016 and this driver looks the most promising to me, because it shows less errors for ndiswrapper compared to my Windows 10 driver and also less errors compared to netr28ux.inf, which is also part of the archive, I got from the said russian site. I also found a thread with some Windows XP driver which also didn't worked for me. I hope someone can help me with, I'm out of ideas.

Additional information comes here

Afaik this Wifi-Stick is limited to 5 GHz, supports speeds up to 433 MBit/s, it looks like this and has a blue led which should light up when powered/connected. I can only get information about this stick via log-files or lsusb.

OS: Linux Mint 18 Sarah 64bit (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS)
Kernel: 4.4.0-38-generic

lsusb

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:58e6 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1a1d:0002 Veho 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 7392:c711 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)
04:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 30)
04:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 30)
04:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 30)
04:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller (rev 30)

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.
enp1s0    no wireless extensions.
wlp2s0b1  IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"*********"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 34:31:C4:06:07:78   
          Bit Rate=65 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=59/70  Signal level=-51 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:11716  Invalid misc:3258   Missed beacon:0

wlp2s0b1 IS NOT the Wifi-Stick and instead the built-in wifi-card. (PCI)

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  • Unfortunately your distribution is no (official) flavour of Ubuntu and off topic here. You can ask questions about any Linux distribution over on Unix & Linux. However, if you can reproduce the issue on Ubuntu, e. g. with a live DVD/USB, please edit your question to clarify that, which will trigger a vote to reopen it. Oct 9, 2016 at 8:40
  • Just to point others into the right direction because the same drivers should work for them on Ubuntu too, heres the copied and solved question on Unix & Linux.
    – Pandora
    Oct 11, 2016 at 20:48
  • Thanks. It looks like it would indeed be the same on Ubuntu, so I'm voting to reopen this question. You're welcome to copy the answer from Unix & Linux and self-answer your question here. Oct 11, 2016 at 21:00
  • Thanks. I will wait for the reopening of this question then. Also I can add more information on how to autoload the driver on boot.
    – Pandora
    Oct 11, 2016 at 21:06
  • That would be excellent. AskUbuntu has a different audience than U&L that would benefit greatly from better step-by-step instructions. Ping me if you want an up-vote on that. Oct 11, 2016 at 21:13

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