How to get USB wireless Linksys AE6000 to work on Ubuntu
I just installed Ubuntu 16.0.4 and no Wifi connections are showing up in my networks. So I tried:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
And this didn't change anything even though it installed successfully. Then I tried updating the system, which also didn't help.
I then tried the troubleshooting guide, and the first step tells me to write
nm-tool
in the terminal. This command isn't recognized.
So I try
lshw -C network
to see if my device is recognized at all. It's not -- only the ethernet I'm using. So then I try
sudo lsusb -v
And it shows that apparently my USB device is being detected:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 13b1:003e Linksys AE6000 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter [MediaTek MT7610U]
But, the docs don't tell me what to do beyond finding out what type of device I have. What steps can I take to activate this wireless/download the drivers I need? Thanks.
EDIT:
Output of dkms status
:
mt7610u, 0.2, 4.4.0-38-generic, x86_64: installed
Output of usb-devices | awk '/003e/' RS=
:
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=05 Cnt=03 Dev#= 5 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=13b1 ProdID=003e Rev=01.00
S: Manufacturer=Cisco
S: Product=Linksys AE6000
S: SerialNumber=0009
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 8 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
Solution 1:
Disable Secure Boot in BIOS and run in terminal
sudo apt purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mt7610u-dkms
Reboot.
This will remove Broadcom drivers and install Mediatek ones.