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rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

USB WIFI adapter not recognized in Q4OS 1.8.7 x64

Good evening,

Today I formatted my PC with four boot systems:

- Windows 8.1 x64
- Xubuntu 16.04.2 amd64
- Q4OS 1.8.7 64bit
- Linux Mint 18 MATE amd64

Everything was wonderful, except for one thing: the usb wifi adapter worked fine on all systems except for Q4OS! It was not recognized.

The dongle is one of those most common we found in the market, if I am not mistaken is Ralink RTL5370/RTL5390 chipset ("DONGLE1.jpg" and "DONGLE2.jpg").

It came with a CD drivers, and has some folders with drivers for Linux, but I have no idea how I can install it ("WINDOWS1.png" to "WINDOWS6.png")...

In Ubuntu it works automatically with a "mt7601u" driver (LINUX.png).

Could anyone help me make this dongle work on Q4OS?

I thank the attention!

Greetings,

Rafael

DONGLE1
https://ibb.co/gXtcba

DONGLE2
https://ibb.co/gAWfwa

WINDOWS1
https://ibb.co/mjpppv

WINDOWS2
https://ibb.co/gofJhF

WINDOWS3
https://ibb.co/b9HaUv

WINDOWS4
https://ibb.co/iPgPNF

WINDOWS5
https://ibb.co/fWwfwa

WINDOWS6
https://ibb.co/dEeYGa

LINUX
https://ibb.co/cDnENF

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,333

Re: USB WIFI adapter not recognized in Q4OS 1.8.7 x64

This requires the installation of firmware-ralink for the RT5370 - the package is rt2800usb

Installing that will remove a bunch of other firmware packages - I do not know if that will impact on anything else - as far as I can tell it won't but no guarantees I'm afraid.

rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Re: USB WIFI adapter not recognized in Q4OS 1.8.7 x64

I tried the instructions in this link: https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb

But it says that my version of firmware-ralink is already the newest...

rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Re: USB WIFI adapter not recognized in Q4OS 1.8.7 x64

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Re: USB WIFI adapter not recognized in Q4OS 1.8.7 x64

A problem solved!

I used the suggestion for this topic (I did not find it because I made the search for "5370" instead of "7601"): https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1350

After installing the latest kernel the 7601 dongle worked! Version 4.x of the kernel already has the driver for these usb adapters.

So far I've only tried Q4OS on Raspberry Pi 3... It's great to use it on a real PC to see its great performance as a perfect corporate desktop!

crosscourt

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From: Wash DC

Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 1,872

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Re: USB WIFI adapter not recognized in Q4OS 1.8.7 x64

I always update Orion to at least 4.4 depending on the hardware.

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JohnT

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Registered: 2017-09-11

Posts: 13

Re: USB WIFI adapter not recognized in Q4OS 1.8.7 x64

I have been having the problem of not finding the Wireless connection   I am a complete new B.  I have tried several options and I'm stuck.
Please help and remember I'll need explicit explanations  Thanks

John