How i got D-Link dwa-140 B2 (3071 chip) to work in lucid 10.04

**pure_x01** · July 30th, 2010

Note!: you might need to run sudo on most places in this tutorial

Code:

$ lsusb | grep D-L
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 07d1:3c0a D-Link System

Apparently it is based on 3071 chipset when searching on google

1. Visit http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 and download
RT8070/RT3070USB(RT307x)

2. Unpack and enter the directory

3. Type make

4. Copy the file os/linux/rt3070sta.ko in to the dir /lib/modules/2.6.32-23-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless folder

4.5 also

Code:

$ cp RT2870STA.dat  /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat

5. type

Code:

$ depmod -a

6. type

Code:

$ modprobe rt3070sta

7. Blacklist the existing 28xx drivers in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf by adding the following rows:

Code:

blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib
blacklist rt2870sta

(make sure that they are not loaded by typing lsmod) (possible restart at this point?)

8. insert the usb card (it should be working and you should see it in the network manager in gnome)

9. To get it to load when booting you need to ad an entry in to /etc/modules

Code:

rt3070sta

I also created a file called /etc/modprobe.d/rt3070sta.conf and inserted the row:

Code:

alias ra0 rt3070sta

Note! : I followed the readme README_STA_usb in the driver directory. It is written for 28xx and redhat but most of it is useful

**Guyka13** · August 27th, 2010

Hi

It seems I installed driver after repeat your tutorial, but i cant connect to my network.

Code:

lsusb | grep D-L
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 07d1:3c0a D-Link System

Code:

iwconfig ra0
ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:"11n-AP"  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level:-41 dBm  Noise level:-91 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Code:

lsmod | grep ^rt
rt3070sta             640902  1

Any solutions?

Thanks

**rathodsa** · October 3rd, 2010

There's another way. Go to D-Link.com and download the linux driver.

These are the instructions
Driver Install:
Please use following command
> sudo tar xvf 2010_0413_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.3.0.tar.gz
> cd 2010_0413_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.3.0
> sudo make
> sudo make install
#plugin the DWA-140(USB device) then the driver should be loadup by system.
# now user may use "networkmanager" to site survey and connect to AP.

Worked flawlessly. It was remarkably easy. My 11 year old felt he could do it.

Still works on 10.10 rc.

**DJArty** · February 4th, 2011

On 2.6.35 kernels need to patch Ralink linux drivers RT2870USB(RT2870/RT2770) 07/09/2010 2.4.0.1 for compile without errors.

So, download official driver RT2870USB(RT2870/RT2770)...
then

Code:

tar xvf 2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1.tar.bz2
cd 2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1/
wget -qO- http://www.linuxcrew.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rt2870sta_usb_kernel2635.patch | patch -ul -p0
make
sudo make install

More info here.

**DJArty** · February 8th, 2011

Update...

(previous don't work normally with H/W Ver.: B2 ID 07d1:3c0a )
Need to download RT8070/RT3070/RT3370 USB 08/31/2010 2.5.0.1
for D-Link DWA-140 H/W Ver.: B2 ID 07d1:3c0a (looks like D-Link 3072 chip).
Add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); into the os/linux/usb_main_dev.c for normal compile. (and maybe sudo mkdir /tftpboot can help too).
Set up in os/linux/config.mk :
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y

Code:

cp RT2870STA.dat  /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
make
sudo insmod os/linux/rt3070sta.ko

Working good with 130M connection speed (real 85/65 speedtest speed).

**Burky** · August 24th, 2011

Originally Posted by rathodsa

There's another way. Go to D-Link.com and download the linux driver.

These are the instructions
Driver Install:
Please use following command
> sudo tar xvf 2010_0413_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.3.0.tar.gz
> cd 2010_0413_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.3.0
> sudo make
> sudo make install
#plugin the DWA-140(USB device) then the driver should be loadup by system.
# now user may use "networkmanager" to site survey and connect to AP.

Worked flawlessly. It was remarkably easy. My 11 year old felt he could do it.

Still works on 10.10 rc.

Not sure if I see the place to download any drivers on D-Link

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