Hey there. New to Linux, Only used it for a few months...Share your videos with friends, family, and the world. The easy way to add next-generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi to notebook and desktop PCs ASUS USB-AC51 is a pocket-size 802.11ac USB Wi-Fi adapter for you to instantly upgrade your desktop and notebook to the next generation 5G Wi-Fi with hassle-free setup. Its specially-designed internal antenna provides wireless speeds up to up to 150Mbps at 2.4Ghz. There is probably no WiFi option in System Preferences Network because your Asus usb-AC51 is not recognized. Completely remove the ASUS Wireless Utility folder from your Application folder; move to the trash and Empty trash or run USBWireless-Uninstall.pkg from the ASUSUSB-AC51-MAC10.12.dmg Then try the drivers from this package. The package provides the installation files for MediaTek, WLAN ASUS USB-AC51 USB Wireless adapters Driver version 5.1.22.1. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating. I bought this adapter yesterday, and at first it seemed like nothing helps to make it work. Luckily, I found this: TP-Link AC600 driver on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64. It is a guide for TP-Link's driver, but it seems to do the trick for ASUS USB-AC51.
I have Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya installed.I just bought a new USB dongle from ASUS.
Dual-Band Wireless-AC600 Wi-Fi adapter.
https://www.asus.com/Networking/USBAC51/
I tried just plugging it in, in hope of it working out of the box, it did not. I have also tried the driver manager but nothing shows up.
I have searched the web on forums and tried various things but nothing seems to work. Maybe I don't know what I should be searching for or I am missing some details of Linux.
MT7610U Linux Driver quick start
1. It uses yum which is some kind of installer I do not think you would use on Linux Mint.
2. Installs kernel source code which I don't understand why.
3. Tells you to modify a Makefile without details instructions so I don't have a clue on how to change it.
4. If I try to make the driver without modifying the makefile I get an exception I don't understand and cannot find solution on google.
error: macro '__DATE__' might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
intf(extra, size, 'Driver version-%s, %s %sn', STA_DRIVER_VERSION, __DATE__, _
My computer seems to find my ethernet controller and my dongle.
inxi -Nx
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Usb Drivers Windows 10 Asus
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0Asus Usb-ac51 Usb Wireless Adapter Driver
Card-2: ASUSTek AC51 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter [Mediatek MT7610/Ralink RT2870]usb-ID: 003-002
Can someone give me any tips on how to move forward with this?