How to install MediaTek MT7610U (RT2860) driver

Have no real tech knowledge but I can read and search well. I have mine up now with a blue light and showing decent statistics. Not sure what to do with an active ra0 yet. Maybe someone can help me too?

ANYWAY: I downloaded mt7610u_wifi_sta_v3002_dpo_20130916 from mediatek Edited according to these pages:

  • http://www.ctheroux.com/ralink-rt5572-based-wifi-usb-dongle-setup-on-ubuntu-12-04/ http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/74-ubuntu/229-ubuntu-precise-dlink-dwa160-revb2

I'm using kernel 3.2 crunchbang

Also added fyi-I previously had used the ndisgtk to install windows 7 drivers but that alone sure didn't help... so the above may be the only bit you need. I also added the bin files included in the 7 directory to my firmware folder.

Sorry if I am confusing. Noticed you posted yesterday and thought I would drop in a novice response.


Since Kernel 4.19 there is native support for mt7610u. Fedora 30 and Ubuntu 19.04 has this kernel version. These distributions should work without any additional effort.


The driver is still under development. It works perfectly fine. The only thing missing is the wifi power level indicator. LED is always off: https://github.com/xtknight/mt7610u-linksys-ae6000-wifi-fixes