Ubuntu 16.04 - installing Dlink WiFi drivers for DWA-131 E1

Question

I need to install drivers for the aforementioned device on 16.04 asap. None of the other threads are helping I.e. there's always an error message in the terminal. Any help? P.S I'm a complete Linux noob, so bear with me please

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2001:3319 D-Link Corp. 

thats the lsusb entry for my dongle

Solution

I added the [2001:3319] ID to Realtek USB driver and it works.

Install it for Xenial this way:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt update
sudo apt install rtl8192eu-dkms

Comments

[Ajay Kulkarni]

What have you tried? What error are you getting? Can you post the log and errors?

[Pilot6]

Please edit your question and add output of lsusb terminal command.

[Sri Prasanna]

I'm on my phone so I can't display outputs. Plus it was never recognised as a wireless device or as a usb

[chili555]

Do you mean that lsusb doesn't show your device at all? Without some details, we cannot help you.

[Sri Prasanna]

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2001:3319 D-Link Corp. thats the lsusb entry for my dongle

[Sri Prasanna]

linux-hardware-guide.com/in/… i followed their instructions for the E1 architecture but the make command resulted in "error"'s highlighted in red all over the place

[Sri Prasanna]

Okay, I've given up on the dongle. Any plug and play WiFi dongles for Xenial ?