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I have Edimax EW-7811DAC working on windows, but on Ubuntu there are no wireless connections showing.

iwconfig shows 

lo        no wireless extensions.
enp4s0    no wireless extensions.

I followed some ideas from this thread but I get errors.

If I try to install the driver from Edimax - ./install.sh I get this error:

scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target '/EW-7811DAC_Linux_Driver_4.3.19/driver/rtl8821AU_linux_v4.3.19.5_17672.20160506_BTCOEX20150921-58/core/rtw_cmd.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/EW-7811DAC_Linux_Driver_4.3.19/driver/rtl8821AU_linux_v4.3.19.5_17672.20160506_BTCOEX20150921-58/core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1
Makefile:1403: recipe for target '_module_/EW-7811DAC_Linux_Driver_4.3.19/driver/rtl8821AU_linux_v4.3.19.5_17672.20160506_BTCOEX20150921-58' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/EW-7811DAC_Linux_Driver_4.3.19/driver/rtl8821AU_linux_v4.3.19.5_17672.20160506_BTCOEX20150921-58] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic'
Makefile:1622: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2
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Compile make driver error: 2
Please check error Mesg
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Trying the rt8192cu fails due to my ubuntu being a newer version. Now I can't retry it because I get this error: 

You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.

Trying Wild Man's solution I get to sudo dkms install 8192cu/1.9 and get this error: 

Directory: /usr/src/8192cu-1.9 does not exist.

Is there something else I should be doing?

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  • The Edimax driver only covers kernels up to 4.1. You need to find a newer driver that's compatible with your kernel. You might look at https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux – heynnema Dec 10 '16 at 01:30
  • That worked for me, thanks. Do you want to make it an answer? – Jon Dec 11 '16 at 12:37

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The Edimax driver only covers kernels up to 4.1. You need to find a newer driver that's compatible with your kernel. You might look at http://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux

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