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Installing A WUSB600N In Linux

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
Determine Device ID
Plug in the usb dongle and in a terminal
You will get a output like the following:
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...
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
In the same terminal window...
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
Activrate The Driver
In the same terminal window...enter the following commands to activate the driver
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