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I just bought a TP-Link TL-WN727N wireless USB adapter. I plugged it into my machine and booted, but nothing seemed to happen. I ran lsusb and there she was

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

From this thread How do I get a TP-Link TN-WN727N usb wireless stick working? I saw I should try running (note the command is now edited for my device id, 148f 7601)

echo 'install rt2800usb modprobe --ignore-install rt2800usb ; /bin/echo "148f 7601"      > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rt2800usb.conf
sudo modprobe -v rt2800usb

Nothing seemed to happen and I still don't see any wireless networks detected under the network manager menu. iwconfig just prints

eth0      no wireless extensions.
lo        no wireless extensions.

Thanks in advance

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RichardBruce
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  • Please check here: http://superuser.com/questions/774554/linux-unable-to-get-usb-wifi-drivers-to-work-or-compile In summary; "...it appears no one has managed to make it compile successfully on a recent kernel. I have seen reports for 3.12 to 3.15." – chili555 Oct 26 '14 at 13:25
  • Thanks. Looks like I should have researched the drivers more instead of rushing out to buy something... – RichardBruce Oct 27 '14 at 01:38
  • There are several questions here and on ubuntuforums.org about supported devices to help you along. – chili555 Oct 27 '14 at 01:41
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    Look carefully, as you mentioned in title, you need driver for TL-WN727N, not TN-WN727N! Try this answer. – MortezaE Jun 21 '15 at 18:33

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Update for anyone who needs it:

The wireless module did not start after rebooting so I ran sudo modprobe -v rt2800usb

and the wireless worked immediately.

I then removed the blacklisted drivers (which I added earlier) from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Next I added rt2800usb to /etc/modules. Rebooted and my wireless starts up automatically.

Sorted

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  • Are you using Ubuntu 14.04 and do you get the same output from lsusb as me (specifically the ID 148f:7601 bit)? If so great! Looks like someone fixed it – RichardBruce Jan 05 '15 at 02:55