tp-link wirless n, TL-WN725N

Question

I've just bought the above adapter after my old Belkin one gave up. I've seen a few solutions to peoples problems on here but haven't had any success myself yet. Which means this is coming from my phone. Not good.

The adapter doesn't seem to be working at all, the only time I can see it is lsusb- id 0bda:8179 realtek semiconductor corp. Is this what the adapter is meant to look like?

Running 10.04, kernel 2.6.32-45. I've tried installing the rtl8721 drivers, which comes up with 2 errors when I try to install it. Something to do with linux header package, but I'm pretty sure I've got them for my kernel. Tried blacklisting a few drivers but nothing's working. Will upgrading to the latest release be the quickest solution?

Sorry I can't copy more info across, as I said, working off my phone for now!

Thanks for any help

Tim

Solution

I was just trying the same, it seems that the Realtek drivers are not compatible with new linux Kernels e.g. Ubuntu 13.04

Yes, Tim Phillips has produced a great solution to this problem. See this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2092934&page=2&highlight=8188CUs

Tim has made available a .deb file that fixes the 13.04 installation bug and included a dkms fix so it's no longer necessary to recompile after each kernel upgrade. Here's a link to the .deb file: https://code.google.com/p/realtek-8188cus-wireless-drivers-3444749-ubuntu-1304/