I have a belkin n600 I installed the driver correctly and it’s up and running (again). I used this method:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic git git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192du.git
cd rtl8192du
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8192du
after I installed this and a few reboots later the driver I have installed was completely deleted. So I had to in turn reinstall which had me connecting via ethernet. I am running a desktop with this wireless card. I am wondering if anybody could help me fix this permanently instead of a temporary fix i.e. not having to reinstall the driver every 3-4 reboots
edit: I forgot to mention that I am running ubuntu mate 14.04 lts. Is there a known issue with this or can I just make a simple startup script to fix it?
thanks in advance
Where does it put the modules file when you install it?
Puts it in /etc/firmware also when I open home folder I see the rtl8192du folder.
I cam across another problem. I was connected to my router via wireless card and it was working just fine until today. It says it’s connected to my router and pings Google fine and sends the correct packets, but it can’t pull up a web page in the browser. I tried a few options. Wlan0 down n up but still no luck
I didn’t find /etc/firmware but what it did for me is put /lib/modules/3.19.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8192du.ko
So far so good.
Then in /etc/modules I added a line:
8192du
See also: Loadable modules
It seems like it is loaded at every reboot.
$ lsmod | grep 8192
8192du 643072 0
cfg80211 540672 1 8192du
$ modinfo 8192du
See output here, expires 7/22/15
Regarding the other post, offhand it sounds like a browser configuration issue or maybe you’re using a proxy in the browser.
Thank you gravy45 for your quick reply. Am hoping to get this sorted out. So I would have to add a line in modules? Not sure why it would work perfectly then have random issues. Must be the Firefox configuration but I haven’t added any proxies or did anything to the browser besides watch in YouTube and go on Facebook and Google etc. And this just happened today. What would I need to do for a fix? Sorry for all the questions am learning as I go with this so can fix similar issues in the future
I guess you could try out a different browser like Chromium, at least then you could rule on whether something specific got messed up in Firefox…or just delete all the files in ~/.mozilla/firefox and reopen Firefox. You’ll lose bookmarks, extensions, and be starting with a fresh profile, so remember to take a backup of bookmarks.
What do you get when you run (and browser is not working):
$ wget -v google.com
The file that is saved can also be opened in the browser.
I have a feeling that you’ll end up needing to open an issue in that author’s issue tracker, but let me suggest you spend some type looking in /var/log/syslog and /var/log/syslog.1 and search for ‘8192’ or 8192du within an applicable time range. Make sure you log when it is working and not working and do some comparisons.