Ubuntu – how to install tp link wn725n wifi usb adapter on ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

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i have a usb wifi adapter Tp-Link model: wn725n
it works very well on windows but i can't find any drivers for linux/ubuntu i tried everything online but nothing work so far

i'm using

Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

3.19.0-28-generic

laptop: hp probook 4540s

can you please help me install this adapter?

Best Answer

I found the solution. I installed the driver for the usb wifi adapter successfully using the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
cd rtl8188eu
make all
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8188eu.ko

and then I used the following command: 

sudo lshw -C network

to get the internal wifi driver file name and then add it to blacklist

sudo -H gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

and add the following line to the end of the file:

blacklist xxxxx

where xxxx is the internal wifi driver file name.

Restart and Ubuntu should now work with the usb adapter.

Note: if your internal wifi is fine then you don't need to blacklist it, i only did that because it was tuened off by hardware switch and doesn't want to turn on again and it turns off the usb wifi as well so i had to blacklist it.

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