Installing A WUSB600N In Linux

At current date (august 2013) the linux kernel does not have the drivers necessary to make the Cisco/Linksys WUSB600N usb N WIFI adapter work out of the box. The following is a guide on installing the drivers.

Download Driver File

CLICK HERE to download the drive file package

Extract Driver File

Open a terminal and in the folder where the file downloaded

tar zxvf wusb600n.tar.gz

Determine Device ID

Plug in the usb dongle and in a terminal

lsusb

You will get a output like the following:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1737:0079 Linksys WUSB600N v2 Dual-Band Wireless-N Network Adapter [Ralink RT3572]

The text "" 1737:0079 "" is the device ID which you will need to enter into a file shortly

Edit Required Driver Files

in a terminal enter into the extracted driver folder and...

gedit common/rtusb_dev_id.c

When the text editor appears on screen add the device and vendor id "{USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0079)}," between the "#ifdef RT35xx" and "#endif // RT35xx //" in the file "common/rtusb_dev_id.c". The file should look similiar to the following

#ifdef RT35xx
	{USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0079)}, /* Linksys N600 V2 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x148F,0x3572)}, /* Ralink 3572 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x1740,0x9801)}, /* EnGenius 3572 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x0DF6,0x0041)}, /* Sitecom 3572 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x0DF6,0x0042)},
	{USB_DEVICE(0x04BB,0x0944)}, /* I-O DATA 3572 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x1690,0x0740)}, /* 3572 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x1690,0x0744)}, /* 3572 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x5A57,0x0284)}, /* Zinwell 3572 */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x167B,0x4001)}, /* 3572 */
#endif // RT35xx //

In the same terminal window...

gedit os/linux/config.mk

When the text editor appears on screen change all the following variables to "Y"

HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT

HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT

Build The Driver

In the same terminal window...enter the following commands to build the driver

sudo make
sudo make install

Activrate The Driver

In the same terminal window...enter the following commands to activate the driver

sudo modprobe rt3572sta

Your wireless adapter should now be activated and working

Driver Fails After Kernel Upgrade

Your driver is built for that kernel only. If you upgrade to a newer kernel you need to rebuild for that specific kernel. This is simple and you only need to open a terminal go into the folder where the driver was extracted and run the following commands

sudo su
make clean
make 
make install
modprobe rt3572sta

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