D-Link DWA-140 B3 and Ubuntu 11.10

**Nichlee** · April 10th, 2012

Originally Posted by chili555

Awesome! Glad it's working.

Whenever a newer kernel version, or linux-image as it's called in Ubuntu, is released and installed by Update Manager, you'll need to rebuild the module for the newer kernel:

Code:

sudo su
make clean
make
make install
modprobe rt5370sta
exit

Please make a note of this so you are ready when the inevitable updates are installed.

Congratulations; now you are among the few who are experienced and successful with compiling!

Haha, already done a print screen, cause I did an update and needed to do it again ;P But thanks again, have tried out ubuntu over a few years. But have been on and off But just got my System76 machine from USA soo..now am I going to stick with ubuntu ^^,
But ofc, Win7 on my other gaming machine...ashamed

**MichaelMaier** · April 14th, 2012

Originally Posted by chili555

Alrighty then, let's rock! Download the file referenced above to your desktop. Right-click the package and select Extract Here. Another compressed package will be extracted. Right-click it and select Rename. Rename it 5370 with no extension. Right-click the package and select Extract Here. Whew!

Now open the folder and drill down to os/linux/config.mk. Open config.mk with Text Editor. Change these lines.

Code:

# Support Wpa_Supplicant
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y


# Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y

Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor. Now open the terminal and do:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential
cd Desktop/2011

Press Tab and the remainder of the long name will fill in automagically. Press Enter. Now do:

Code:

sudo su
make
make install
modprobe rt5370sta
exit

Is it working?

Just tried it and it's working great. Thank you so much.

Regards,
Michael

**R.A.** · May 20th, 2012

Originally Posted by chili555

Alrighty then, let's rock! [...]Is it working?

Thank you for the tutorial, and yes, it works for me too!

**Redcougar27** · June 13th, 2012

To Chili555,

I had the same problem with a d-link DWA140B3 (not working with xubuntu 12.04). Your solution was rather easy to apply and it's working. Thanks a lot.

**Redcougar27** · June 19th, 2012

Dear Chil555,

It's a pity, but after an upgrade of the linux kernel, the D-link DWA140B3 is NOT working anymore. Several attemps (following your advices) were unsuccessful. I am crying...
Best regards.