Cannot get my N300 (DWA-130) D-link wireless USB to work on Ubuntu 14.04

Question

I'll start by saying i'm pretty new to linux, go easy on me!

I've downloaded Ndiswrapper and tried installing the windows XP/Vista driver...

But iwconfig shows that there is no extensions..

I've looked around on the site and found this

wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://dl.dropbox.com/s/qjc87hzk1z5x6z0/wireless_script && chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script
--2014-12-23 13:16:00--  https://dl.dropbox.com/s/qjc87hzk1z5x6z0/wireless_script

which resulted in this log file: Please help!! I'm entirely lost!

======== Wireless-Info START ========

System-Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

mouthbuster-MS-7900 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64,  Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, trusty

CPU    : AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Memory : 7860 MB
Uptime : 13:16:01 up 20 min,  3 users,  load average: 0.42, 0.28, 0.19

lspci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller [1969:e091] (rev 13)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7900]
    Kernel driver in use: alx

lsusb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1532:0016 Razer USA, Ltd DeathAdder Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 2001:3c25 D-Link Corp. 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 011 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

PCMCIA Card Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

iwconfig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

rfkill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

lsmod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ndiswrapper           283985  0 
wmi                    19177  0

module parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ndiswrapper   (6): 
wmi           (2): debug_dump_wdg=N | debug_event=N

nm-tool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

State: connected (global)
=======================o=======o========o===========o=========o===========o==============o===========
 Interface & ID        | Type  | Driver | State     | Default | Speed     | Support      | HW Addr   
=======================o=======o========o===========o=========o===========o==============o===========
 eth0  [Auto Ethernet] | Wired | alx    | connected | yes     | 1000 Mb/s |              | <MAC eth0>

    Address:         192.168.0.17
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.0.1
    DNS:             64.71.255.204
    DNS:             64.71.255.198
-----------------------+-------+--------+-----------+---------+-----------+--------------+-----------

NetworkManager.state ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

NetworkManager.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono
dns=dnsmasq

no-auto-default=<MAC eth0>,

[ifupdown]

managed=false

NM WiFi Profiles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

interfaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

resolv.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

nameserver 127.0.1.1

Routes & Ping ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     1      0        0 eth0

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---

2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.735/1.117/1.500/0.383 ms

--- 127.0.1.1 ping statistics ---

2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.026/0.031/0.036/0.005 ms

iw reg get ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Region : "en_US.UTF-8")
country 00:
    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20)
    (2457 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
    (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
    (5170 - 5250 @ 160), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
    (5250 - 5330 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
    (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS

iwlist chan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

iwlist scan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

blacklist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci

modinfo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[ndiswrapper]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/ndiswrapper.ko
version:        1.59
srcversion:     DC1EFD919FDF2DB80D424C6
depends:        
parm:           if_name:Network interface name or template (default: wlan%d) (charp)
parm:           proc_uid:The uid of the files created in /proc (default: 0). (int)
parm:           proc_gid:The gid of the files created in /proc (default: 0). (int)
parm:           debug:debug level (int)
parm:           hangcheck_interval:The interval, in seconds, for checking if driver is hung. (default: 0) (int)
parm:           utils_version:Compatible version of utils (read only: 1.9) (charp)

[wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-39-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko
srcversion:     CED5410F008DC70DF5F064B
depends:        
parm:           debug_event:Log WMI Events [0/1] (bool)
parm:           debug_dump_wdg:Dump available WMI interfaces [0/1] (bool)

udev rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# PCI device 0x1969:0xe091 (alx)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC eth0>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

Custom files/entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

/etc/modules        : Not Default
/etc/rc.local       : Default
/etc/modprobe.d     : Not Default
/etc/pm/(cnf|pw|sl) : Default

[/etc/modules]
lm78

[/etc/modprobe.d]
iwlwifi.conf      : remove iwlwifi \
                    (/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
                    && /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
mlx4.conf         : softdep mlx4_core post: mlx4_en

Kernel boot line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-39-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=20c30937-34cc-43e1-8a5c-cc1ae47f62f1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7

dmesg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[    0.615296] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[    0.615616] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[    0.966209] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: Qualcomm Atheros AR816x/AR817x Ethernet [<MAC eth0>]
[   16.470977] wmi: Mapper loaded
[   18.464117] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[  367.914947] ndiswrapper version 1.59 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[  368.114462] ndiswrapper (check_nt_hdr:141): kernel is 64-bit, but Windows driver is not 64-bit;bad magic: 010B
[  368.114470] ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:200): couldn't prepare driver 'rt2870'
[  368.115193] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:103): couldn't load driver rt2870; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'

======== Done ========

Please run again: lsusb. Is the device ID of 2001:3c25 correct? — chili555, Dec 23 '14 at 17:23
Before I propose a solution, are you able to paste the Windows XP .inf file you used here? http://paste.ubuntu.com Give us the link in your response. Thanks. — chili555, Dec 23 '14 at 17:32
I feel like i did that wrong.. but here you go hahaa http://paste.ubuntu.com/9605157/ — PHP, Dec 23 '14 at 17:37
No problem. I wanted to see the text of the file itself. Please try: cat RT2870.inf > wifi.txt. Find the file wifi.txt and paste it as above. — chili555, Dec 23 '14 at 17:47
Sorry ! didnt realize you commented.. I don't understand what you mean :( — PHP, Dec 23 '14 at 18:10
Please run this command: cat ~/Desktop/Win/Drivers/XP_VISTAX86/RT2870.inf > wifi.txt Now look in your user directory and find the text file wifi.txt. Paste it here and give me the link: http://paste.ubuntu.com Thanks. — chili555, Dec 23 '14 at 18:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '14 at 18:28

1

Remove the device and in a terminal, do:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/network_drivers.conf

Add one long single line:

install rt2800usb /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install rt2800usb $CMDLINE_OPTS; /bin/echo "2001 3c25" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id

Use nano or kate or leafpad if you don't have the text editor gedit. Caps, brackets, punctuation, etc. are crucial. Proofread twice, save and close the text editor. Insert the device. If it doesn't start immediately, you might have to do:

sudo modprobe rt2800usb

Be certain that ndiswrapper is removed:

sudo apt-get purge ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils*

It may take a reboot.

answered Dec 23 '14 at 18:28

chili555

60,188

Did everything as above and still no eth0, lo extensions ! What is going on :( – PHP Dec 23 '14 at 18:45
disregard !!! got it working now, thanks SO SO SO much !!!! – PHP Dec 23 '14 at 19:04
If my answer has been helpful, please accept it. Glad it's working. – chili555 Dec 23 '14 at 19:39

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '14 at 17:17

-1

You have an USB stick, so ignore all the output relating the problem to any PCI related problems.

And I am giving a solution not using ndiswrapper - ndiswrapper was a great tool when linux did not support Wifi modules properly, but it is slightly outdated and not recommended any longer. So please try the following instead:

In your lsusb output, it says

Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 002: ID 2001:3c25 D-Link Corp.

Which means that the ID of your USB Wifi device is 2001:3c25, which implies that it uses a Ralink rt27xx/rt28xx/rt30xx chipset. These should be supported under Ubuntu. However, you may need to install the nonfree firmwares to load the kernel modules correctly. You can do so by entering

 sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

in the terminal. You can then try to load the module - or simply restart, which may be simpler. The module will be loaded automatically.

answered Dec 23 '14 at 17:17

cleros

134

The firmware for rt2800usb is not included in linux-firmware-nonfree. As well, linux-firmware-nonfree is deprecated. – chili555 Dec 23 '14 at 17:19
I uninstalled my rt2780 driver, installed the nonfree firmware and restarted. But still nothing under iwconfig – PHP Dec 23 '14 at 17:23
Sorry, Chili555 was right, and I was mistaken - the firmware is not part of linux-firmware-nonfree. Could you please show the output of your modules list? I.e. run lsmod|grep rt to only include the possible candidates? – cleros Dec 23 '14 at 17:32
uhhhh, is this what you're looking for ? mouthbuster@mouthbuster-MS-7900:~$ lsmod | grep rt parport_pc 32701 0 parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc – PHP Dec 23 '14 at 17:35
Ok ... since I do not have a RALink wifi device lying around, I cannot test this myself ... but you should look here: [http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=233117] The name of the device is a different one, but the chipset should be the same. (Oh, and ignore the last entry installing Kai - once the Wifi is up and running, Unity should tell you so.) Good luck! – cleros Dec 23 '14 at 17:45
I don't know how to do this :( sorry for needing so much help !! Code: install rt2800usb /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install rt2800usb; /bin/echo "2019 ed14" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id
In the above, you need to type model name, vendor ID and productID of your wireless network adapter. i don't know where to put the model name, venor ID or ProductID Nor what they are...
– PHP Dec 23 '14 at 18:04
I will be happy to propose the permanent solution but I'd love to see the RT2870.inf file contents first. – chili555 Dec 23 '14 at 18:07

Cannot get my N300 (DWA-130) D-link wireless USB to work on Ubuntu 14.04

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