D link dwa 160 linux driver

DWA-160/B

DWA-160/B EOL EOS

Описание

Двухдиапазонный USB-адаптер DWA-160 входит в серию продуктов Xtreme N. DWA-160 поддерживает надежное беспроводное соединение, обеспечивающее передачу потокового HD видео. Это достигается при совместном использовании адаптера DWA-160 и двухдиапазонного маршрутизатора 802.11n (например, DIR-855).

Преимущества двухдиапазонной полосы
Благодаря технологии DUO, DWA-160 поддерживает два диапазона частот (2,4 ГГц или 5 ГГц). При этом диапазон 2,4 ГГц может использоваться для проверки электронной почты и выхода в Интернет, а через диапазон частот 5 ГГц возможна передача потокового HD видео и другого медиаконтента. DWA-160 является обратно совместимым устройством и, соответственно, может использоваться в существующих сетях 802.11g.

Технология MEDIABAND
DWA-160 поддерживает технологию MediaBandTM (5ГГц), которая идеально подходит для передачи потокового HD видео в беспроводной сети. Высокая четкость видеоизображения достигается благодаря работе в полосе, свободной от помех, которые могут снизить и ограничить радиус действия существующей беспроводной сети (например, стандарта 802.11g).

Простота установки и использования
Мастер быстрой установки содержит пошаговые инструкции по установке. Настройка USB-адаптера не требует специальных знаний. Утилита Wireless Manager, входящая в комплект поставки адаптера, позволяет отслеживать наиболее часто используемые сети и легко и быстро подключаться к ним.

Благодаря высокой производительности, хорошему приему и высокому уровню безопасности, этот адаптер является наилучшим выбором для создания нового или модернизации существующего беспроводного подключения настольных компьютеров.

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How to install D-Link DWA-160 revision B2 with Ralink chipset on Debian Linux?

I just bought a D-Link DWA-160 revision B2. Little did I know that this revision comes with a Ralink chipset. The main reason why I got DWA-160 is because I already have one and I’m pretty happy with it. I mainly use it on a Windows computer, but I know that it works in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for example, and it works out of the box. But my old DWA-160 is revision A2 and it uses an Atheros chipset.

DWA-160, rev A2 — my old one — works well with Linux
DWA-160, rev B2 — the new one — doesn’t appear to have support on Linux

Maybe it’s not that it’s impossible to get it to work on Linux, as much as it is a difficult task for me. I am new to Linux and I am really trying to embrace Linux, but problems like these are giving me hard time.

I found this guide, and this appears to be the only guide on the whole holy web that has any viable information about this particular issue. But just looking at those commands makes my brain cook. So can someone please help me follow this guide by providing more digestible and understandable instructions? Also, this user explains how to do this on a Ubuntu Linux, can I still follow that guide point by point even on Debian Linux? I’m thinking that available dependencies and packages on each distro might be different.

According to Debian Wiki article, the carl9170 driver supports DWA-160 rev. A1 and A2 (these are Atheros). It does not say anything about B1 or B2 (these are Ralink). This driver is provided with Debian 7.2.1 (Wheezy) which is what I have. I tried plugging in my DWA-160 in a USB port anyway, it didn’t even blink. So what now. just blindly follow the instructions given by that French guy and hope for the best?

1 Answer 1

This device requires the rt2800usb kernel driver to be present on the system. To find out if this module is loaded you can use the lsmod command. It will shows which loadable kernel modules (LKM) are currently loaded. If it’s not loaded then you probably need to apt-get it.

Plug in the device into a USB port, and then use the lsusb command to locate the VID (vendor id) and PID (product id) of this device. The lsusb command alone will only list USB devices. You will need to use the verbose switch to see more details. If your device is listed as device ID 002 you can use lsusb -v -s 002 to see full details about that device, or only lsusb -v to see full details about all devices. If you have many USB devices then this is not recommended as it would overwhelm you with information, and you need to find the VID and PID for your particular wireless device.

Once you have the VID and PID, you can head over to Linux Wireless and see if your VID and PID is listed as supported. Pick D-Link as Vendor, and then try to locate a matching USB Vendor and USB Product from the other columns. Here’s an example of what the VID and PID might look like.

These are from a DWA-160 B1 revision. In my case, with B2 revision, this is what the VID and PID values were like.

As you can see (if you see the list above) the 3c11 is the closest thing to 3c1a. It’s not an exact match but this list is not 100% accurate as the driver is being constantly developed. If your VID and PID is not listed, then head over to www.google.com and do a search for your VID and PID on cateee.net. Enter your query like in the example below.

I got only three hits qith this query. If you get no hits, then the device is probably not supported. If you do get a hit, then open the first search result and see what driver is used for this device. This allows you to learn the name of the driver. In my case, this query confirms that I need the rt2800usb driver. See Wireless Linux FAQ for more information.

There is some information on rt2800usb on the Debian wiki-page. I’m not very good with Linux. In fact, I am only starting to use Linux. So it’s probably possible to get this driver as a file download and then copy it to the Debian Linux computer and install it manually, especially if you have no Internet connection on that computer. How could you have Internet connection when you’re working at enabling the wireless adapter to allow you to connect?! But fortunate for me I had an Ethernet port on the computer, so I connected with network cable. I then used the apt-get command to get a different Linux image and the firmware/driver I needed. Something called kernel backport. I’m new to Linux, but as I understand it, these are like. the latest and greatest versions of the kernel.

I first started Root Terminal and I used this command.

This opens sources.list in gedit. I then added the following lines to it.

I then saved the changed to the file, and closed the window. Back in Root Terminal, I issued following command.

apt-get -t wheezy-backports install linux-image-3.10-0.bpo.2-686-pae firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-ralink

My kernel version at that moment was 3.2.0-4-686-pae. I now have 3.10-0.bpo.2-686-pae. Fore reference, here is the output of this command. I was prompted to insert a CD/DVD because I installed Debian Linux from a DVD disc and I have it listed in the sources.list file. If you remove it from there, you might not be asked to do the same.

I now have two options on the Grub boot menu. I can either start with 3.2.0 or with 3.10. I have to start with 3.10 in order for the wireless adapter to work. You might be able to remove that second option from the menu if you would like to, but I prefer to have it stay there just in case the other one stops working.

Like I said, I’m new to Linux, but I think I managed this quite nicely. I did get help from the Linux Wireless community and the Debian community. Thank you guy! I am leaving this answer as a future reference for myself and for others who have the same problem with B2 revision of DWA-160 wireless adapter.

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D-Link DWA-160 rev C1

USB 2.0
Connector: Male A
Form factor tags: dongle

FCC ID: none available

Windows driver
seems to have been removed from MTK’s site
Older Ralink drivers have been removed.
See the Wayback Machine
for some older driver sets (filter by EXE/ZIP)

Antenna connector: none

OUI: none specified

Chip1 brand	Chip2 brand
D-Link DWA-160 rev A1	Atheros	Atheros
D-Link DWA-160 rev A2	Atheros	Atheros
D-Link DWA-160 rev B1	Ralink	Ralink
D-Link DWA-160 rev B2	Ralink
D-Link DWA-160 rev C1	Ralink

For a list of all currently documented Ralink chipsets with specifications, see Ralink.

The USB ID for this device is found in this driver set. It may be inaccurate..

Ralink / MTK based, it’s using the OS61_RTWLAN_5572_R subsection vs OS61_RTWLAN_5572_C1 in one Ralink driver set

Presuming this is the right device, it is Wi-Fi Certified : WFA19252 (alt.) (as of 05/06/2013)

Ревизия	/ /
rev. A	Windows 7 — XP	23.02.2012	s0084		18.1 [MB]	Скачать
Mac OS X 10.5 — 10.4	30.12.2008	3.4.0.15 / 4.0.0.10		18.1 [MB]	Скачать
rev. A1/A2	Linux 2.6.16 — 2.6.18	12.07.2009	3.2.0.30		18.1 [MB]	Скачать
rev. B2A	Windows 8 — XP	13.03.2014	2.43		22.2 [MB]	Скачать
Mac OS X 10.8 — 10.5	13.03.2014	2.6.3.0		1.5 [MB]	Скачать
rev. C1A	Windows 10 — XP	29.09.2015	3.0.4		30.3 [MB]	Скачать
Mac OS X 10.8 — 10.5	13.03.2014	2.6.2.0		1.5 [MB]	Скачать

D link dwa 160 linux driver

Драйвер для сетевого адаптера D-Link DWA-160