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I have only WiFi network, so how can I install wireless driver offline?

I'm using Ubuntu version 17.10

Zanna
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Omar Faruk
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According to the Windows driver supplied by the laptop manufacturer, the ASUS X550LN has a Ralink RT2860. The Linux driver for this card is called rt2800pci and should already be part of the kernel in Ubuntu 17.10: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/rt2800pci.

If the firmware for the card is missing, you may manually download it from http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.169.1_all.deb and, after moving the .deb to the laptop, install it via sudo dpkg -i /path/to/linux-firmware_1.169.1_all.deb. The checksums for the firmware package can be found at the bottom of https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/all/linux-firmware/download, should you wish to verify them.

After ensuring the firmware is installed, the kernel module for the WiFi card can be manually loaded via sudo modprobe rt2800pci.

  • Thank you so much for your reply . But I don’t understand anything. Cause i have no knowledge about Ubuntu software installation. Could you please provide me tutorial video or picture so that I can follow the instructions. – Omar Faruk Apr 13 '18 at 10:42