Open Network Connections from the Menu or by clicking on the Ethernet/wifi icon, typically found on the right side of the panel near the clock, and select Edit Connections. Open the Driver Manager from the Menu (green LM icon, lower left side of panel), enter your computer password and see if it recommends any Panda wifi drivers. Start up your laptop with the Panda wifi adapter plugged in. Hopefully some or all of this will work for you.ġ. Hi John, I experimented with my laptop (oid MacBook running LM 18.3 Xfce) and learned a few things. I found the file on a Cubic forum, but I doubt that it will work for me. I am thinking that file is created by the compiler to work with the specific PC that the code is running on. The file they ask me to copy never shows up. The modified Fedora code is not completing all the way. I realize, that at this point, it is not nearly as serious for me as it was, but in the interests of being able to use it, I want it to work. So, I am right back to where I started with trying to make the Panda adapter work. that don't work for me at all, not even on 4.4.109 You keep saying that it was a 'Plug 'n Play' for you. I couldn't get to sleep tonight, I kept running this code thru my mind realizing that it has nothing to do with getting the Panda PAU06 to work with my laptop. This connection was automatic (i.e., no driver installation), but you do have to go through some network connections software of the Mint OS. To gain wifi signal via the external Panda adapter (index 2) I had to click on the wifi icon in the Notification Area of my panel and then select Enable Wi-Fi. The driver will load at startup automatically, so you don't need to load the driver every time you reboot.Ĭode: Select all ~ $ rfkill block ~ $ rfkill listĪfter issuing that command I lost wifi signal via the internal wifi adapter (index 0) as expected. Put your password and wait to finish the installaion.Īfter installation has been completed the wifi will appear in the networkmanager and bluetooth will be available for use.

extract the archive in your Downloads directory (or any other directory).Ĭd ~/Downloads/MT7630E-release (change the path if you extracted in another folder) (It's a modification of the original driver for easy installation)ġ. The modified driver I am going to use can be installed upto kernel 4.4.* Mediatek launched a working driver for their wireless device MT7630E for Linux Mint/Ubuntu which was officially supported only for kernel 3.13 and 3.14. How to install Mediatek MT7630E wireless LAN driver in Linux Mint/Ubuntu There is only 4 lines of code for you to type into Terminal. Here is the link to where I found the instructions. This adapter is used in a LOT of PCs, it is the MT7630E made by MediaTek

In the same spirit as Scott did, here is my ASUS TP500L WiFi adapter.

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