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How to get D-link DWA-131 Wireless-N Nano USB Adapter work on CentOS 7?

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I am on CentOS 7. I have **D-link DWA-131 Wireless-N USB Nano *Hardware revision* E1** adapter. I have downloaded and compiled it's drivers from ftp://files.dlink.com.au/products/DWA-131/REV_E/Drivers/DWA-131_Linux_driver_v4.3.1.1.zip. After installing and inserting the module **8192eu.ko** my device is detected as **USB Ethernet**. How can i get it recognized as a wireless device, so that I can connect to a wireless network **abc** having password **12345678**. result of **uname -a** is Linux linux-centos 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 20 20:32:50 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux result of **ifconfig -a** is enp0s20u3: flags=4099 mtu 1500 ether 54:2a:a2:47:dd:f6 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 lo: flags=73 mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10 loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback) RX packets 7729 bytes 664831 (649.2 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 7729 bytes 664831 (649.2 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 p4p2: flags=4099 mtu 1500 ether f8:ca:b8:06:55:c0 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 virbr0: flags=4099 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.122.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.122.255 ether 52:54:00:1c:39:9e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 virbr0-nic: flags=4098 mtu 1500 ether 52:54:00:1c:39:9e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 wlp6s0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.22 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 inet6 fe80::374e:5cb2:ec50:9c4d prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20 ether 78:0c:b8:36:8e:31 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 122333 bytes 155288565 (148.0 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 84226 bytes 10510089 (10.0 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 **enp0s20u3** is my USB device. It only shows up when I load **8192eu.ko** using **modprobe** or **insmod**. Device detected as USB Ethernet instead of Wireless Device shown as wifi is 'internal wifi', but, the USB device is detected as USB Ethernet.
Asked by Manjeet (1 rep)
Nov 23, 2017, 06:23 AM
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