Install DWA-131 WiFi dongle driver under Ubuntu 14.04.4

Solution 1:

Please open a terminal and, with a temporary working internet connection, do:

sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver.git
cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8192eu

Your wireless should now be working.

You will have installed the driver for your current kernel version only. After Update Manager installs a later kernel version, also known as linux-image, after the requested reboot, you must recompile:

cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8192eu

Please retain the file and these instructions for that time.

Solution 2:

I added this driver to my ppa. It builds for kernels 4.2.

If you install it from the PPA, then you will not have to re-install it after kernel updates.

The driver can be installed by running

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

If you installed a driver from github, you need to uninstall it first.