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Powerlink N150 USB Wifi driver installation help

Asked by ubuntubaker

I found the driver for the Powerlink N150 Wireless USB Adapter at http://www.premiertek.net/download.html (model PL-150N),
and it contains a powerpoint which explains how to install the driver.

I tried to follow the instructions, which were meant to be used in the command line, but I was not able to get it to work.

Could you download the driver, read the powerpoint (in the 'document' folder), and walk me through setting this up?

If that is not possible, should I copy/paste the contents of the powerpoint here?

Thanks in Advance

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Ca n you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm

Thanks

What is printedon the pretty device casing isn't very useful, we need to know the chip inside (broadcom, intel and atheros are common). Companies like powerlink buy chips from these manufacturers and make their adapters.

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ubuntubaker (timelord989) said : 		#2

This is the output for the command:
PCI (sysfs)

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:03:47:fb:0f:b0
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.24 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:feaff000-feafffff ioport:df00(size=64)
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux sluggo 3.2.0-25-generic-pae #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 22:11:24 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.190081] pci 0000:02:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 20.740821] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or
[ 20.740828] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if

Also, the chipset listed on the package is Realtek RTL8188SU

When I mentioned the driver that came with the wifi adapter, what I meant was that I did not understand how to follow the instructions, not that I followed them and they did not work. Perhaps you would understand the instructions in the powerpoint better than I did.

The computer that I am trying to install the adapter on is connected to the internet through a wired connection for now.

Thanks for your help so far.

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ubuntubaker (timelord989) said : 		#3

I tried the command again with the adapter plugged in, and I got one extra line at the end:
[ 1568.046993] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"

the rtl8712 matches the driver name, so perhaps that means something.

Before I asked the question, I had downloaded and unpacked the driver onto the desktop. Maybe the terminal is picking up on that?

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ubuntubaker (timelord989) said : 		#4

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ubuntubaker (timelord989) said : 		#5

Problem Solved!

I went to ubuntu settings, then to network, Plugged the wifi adapter in, typed in the ip address of the router, and it found the network!!!

After typing in the key, it's connected!!! Either I accidentaly installed the driver before, or this adapter is already compatible with Ubuntu 12.04.

Thank you for helping anyway.