Installing D-Link DWA-131 (13.10)

wireless drivers 13.10 usb-modem

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Am on 14.04 with same DWA131-B1 adapter, used this driver (follow instructions there) and added 8192cu to /etc/modules and

echo "2001 330D" | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id

to /etc/rc.local (note that this still uses the 'rtl') as per this so far stable and fast without swenc=1

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ConnorJ

Updated on September 18, 2022

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ConnorJ over 1 year
I found this thread:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/439901/how-do-i-install-a-d-link-dwa-131

But it has been closed. One comment referred to this guide:

http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/74-ubuntu/277-ubuntu-precise-dwa-131-rev-b1

But it doesn't work.

To begin, the guide is for this:
```
package barcode showing H/W Ver.:B1 F/W Ver.:2.00
```
But my package has
```
package barcode showing H/W Ver.:B1 F/W Ver.:2.01
```
As for the vendor ID of
```
2001 and Device ID 330d
```
I can't see either of those numbers on the box or in the example shown in the guide.

Next, the guide talks about updating the kernel but the kernel I am running is already higher:

My kernel
```
Linux connor 3.11.0-19-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 11 18:48:34 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
```
My version
```
connor@connor:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 13.10
Release:    13.10
Codename:   saucy
```
When I do the next step sudo modprobe rtl8192cu swenc=1 there's no output

Then the next echo "2001 330D" | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id this is the output
```
2001 330D
```
My lsusb
```
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 2001:330d D-Link Corp. 
```
I've also been trying this thread

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2200493&page=2&p=12978483#post12978483

I did the driver update instruction, it seemed to update but when I reboot still no light coming on the USB device

Next I try this command
```
lsmod
iwconfig
ifconfig -a
cat /etc/resolv.conf
```
This is the output
```
Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 69130  0 
crct10dif_pclmul       14289  0 
crc32_pclmul           13113  0 
lrw                    13286  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               14951  1 lrw
ath9k                 155907  0 
ath9k_common           13859  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              444732  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
ath                    23827  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211              597268  1 ath9k
cfg80211              480503  3 ath,ath9k,mac80211

connor@connor:~$ iwconfig

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=16 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

connor@connor:~$ ifconfig -a

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 24:fd:52:79:9c:53  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
```
Does anyone know how to get this device working?

Update:

lsusb output, with/without USB modem attached (difference only)
```
connor@connor:~$ lsusb

Bus 003 Device 013: ID 2001:330d D-Link Corp. 
```
dmesg output, last 20 lines
- david6 about 10 years
  
  Check out: askubuntu.com/questions/432640/… Same USB ID, and works with 13.10 'rtl8192cu' driver.
- ConnorJ about 10 years
  
  @david6 I tried editing the original to add the dmesg output but it exceeded the character limit so added output to comment
- ConnorJ about 10 years
  
  OK, can't give the dmesg output anywhere, it's too long. What should I be looking for in the output @david6?
- ConnorJ about 10 years
  
  @david6 - had a look at the link you provided. I'm a total n00b and don't know how to do anything much - how do I make it use the rtl8192cu driver?
- ConnorJ about 10 years
  
  Can confirm the apt-get command, tried it earlier today, it updated but didn't help. Have tried again since and terminal says everything is up to date @david6
- ConnorJ about 10 years
  
  No output from mesg | grep -e 8188c -e rtw -e 131
- ConnorJ about 10 years
  
  Added output from dmesg | grep -e 8188c -e rtw -e 131 to original
- mchid over 8 years
  
  It is clearly referenced echo "2001 330D" | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id notice "2001 330D" which refers to the vendor id 2001 and Device ID 330d
ConnorJ about 10 years

where should I post the output, in the comments here or do I need to edit your answer?
ConnorJ about 10 years

The apt-get command gives same output with or without USB attached: linux-firmware-nonfree is already the newest version.
ConnorJ about 10 years

With the command you've given me, should each line be entered separately or do I just copy and past the whole lot into terminal?
ConnorJ about 10 years

I've added the lsusb outputs both with and without USB attached in my original post
david6 about 10 years

Any lines after [20191.291350] (which is a timestamp) might be interesting. Anything about wlan0: is definitely important.
ConnorJ about 10 years

It's all gibberish to me but here is an example of how different the output is. The first few lines 'before' [ 0.965230] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002 [ 0.965231] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1 [ 0.965232] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller [ 0.965234] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic ehci_hcd [ 0.965235] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0 [ 0.965307] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.965310] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ConnorJ about 10 years

And after: 121.854481] ata6: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4090800 action 0xe frozen [ 121.854491] ata6: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed [ 121.854497] ata6: SError: { HostInt PHYRdyChg 10B8B DevExch } [ 121.854507] ata6: hard resetting link [ 122.575322] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 122.575355] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 122.576820] ata6.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:06:00:00:00:00 (SET FEATURES) succeeded [ 122.576824] ata6.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
ConnorJ about 10 years

And the last few lines before: [ 134.742013] ata6.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:06:00:00:00:00 (SET FEATURES) succeeded [ 134.742018] ata6.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out [ 134.742020] ata6.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out [ 134.742161] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 134.743410] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 134.757184] ata3: EH complete [ 134.757190] ata6: EH complete
ConnorJ about 10 years

Last few lines after: [ 382.913377] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) [ 382.914011] ata6.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:06:00:00:00:00 (SET FEATURES) succeeded [ 382.914016] ata6.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out [ 382.914018] ata6.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out [ 382.915375] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/33 [ 382.921452] ata3.00: configured for PIO0 [ 382.929350] ata6: EH complete [ 382.937409] ata3: EH complete [ 384.955818] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
ConnorJ about 10 years

wlan isn't mentioned in the 'before' dmesg, here is the relevant lines from the 'after' [ 370.354750] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/33 [ 370.367263] ata6: EH complete [ 370.371293] ata3: EH complete [ 371.158607] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 371.315551] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 382.188034] ata3: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4090800 action 0xe frozen [ 382.188047] ata3: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed [ 382.188055] ata3: SError: { HostInt PHYRdyChg 10B8B DevExch } [ 382.188067] ata3: hard resetting link
ConnorJ about 10 years

Actually, my bad, wlan is mentioned in the before output here: [ 16.098171] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 16.173786] alx 0000:04:00.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X [ 16.173860] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 16.174659] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 16.186648] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 16.575022] type=1400 audit(1396783499.052:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" parent=886 profile="unconfined" name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=894 comm="apparmor_parser"
david6 about 10 years

Please add to your question, with prefix of <sp><sp><sp><sp> (for each line). (Or just paste in, best effort).
mchid over 8 years

I agree, the swenc=1 was just a precautionary measure because nobody had really tested it out at the time.