Ubuntu 14.04 - TP-Link TL-WN727N

Question

I just bought a TP-Link TL-WN727N wireless USB adapter. I plugged it into my machine and booted, but nothing seemed to happen. I ran lsusb and there she was

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. 

From this thread How do I get a TP-Link TN-WN727N usb wireless stick working? I saw I should try running (note the command is now edited for my device id, 148f 7601)

echo 'install rt2800usb modprobe --ignore-install rt2800usb ; /bin/echo "148f 7601"      > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rt2800usb.conf
sudo modprobe -v rt2800usb

Nothing seemed to happen and I still don't see any wireless networks detected under the network manager menu. iwconfig just prints

eth0      no wireless extensions.
lo        no wireless extensions.

Thanks in advance

Solution

Update for anyone who needs it:

The wireless module did not start after rebooting so I ran sudo modprobe -v rt2800usb

and the wireless worked immediately.

I then removed the blacklisted drivers (which I added earlier) from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Next I added rt2800usb to /etc/modules. Rebooted and my wireless starts up automatically.

Sorted

Comments

[chili555]

Please check here: superuser.com/questions/774554/… In summary; "...it appears no one has managed to make it compile successfully on a recent kernel. I have seen reports for 3.12 to 3.15."

[RichardBruce]

Thanks. Looks like I should have researched the drivers more instead of rushing out to buy something...

[chili555]

There are several questions here and on ubuntuforums.org about supported devices to help you along.

[MortezaE]

Look carefully, as you mentioned in title, you need driver for TL-WN727N, not TN-WN727N! Try this answer.

[RichardBruce]

Are you using Ubuntu 14.04 and do you get the same output from lsusb as me (specifically the ID 148f:7601 bit)? If so great! Looks like someone fixed it