Edimax EW-7811Un

**ppjdee** · April 26th, 2013

Anyone know a "work around" or something to make the wireless adapter work in Ubuntu 13.04? I haven't found anything from googling it. It keeps losing internet connection and clicking to reconnect every 10mins is getting old.

**tjeremiah** · April 26th, 2013

I have a Edimax too and it uses Realtek drivers. For weeks now I have been looking for a solution for 13.04 because in my case the driver wont compile with kernel 3.8. I was told by one user I have to wait for Realtek to update their drivers for the new kernel. Still waiting..

I followed these instruction in the past but like mention above, they dont work in 13.04.
http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/11/...-ubuntu-11-10/

**ppjdee** · April 27th, 2013

Yeah, I seen to stumble across the same info as you. Waiting is not my strong point lol. Hopefully soon they will release a updated driver, cause 50ft cables through the house isnt what the old lady really likes lol.

**tjeremiah** · April 27th, 2013

im away from ubuntu until tomorrow but if you can, can you try this to see if it works. Its post 9 in this thread.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...6#post12620866

**ppjdee** · April 27th, 2013

Originally Posted by tjeremiah

im away from ubuntu until tomorrow but if you can, can you try this to see if it works. Its post 9 in this thread.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...6#post12620866

Hmm, it will be a few days, I lost my edimax adapter

I think my cat hide it..(stupid spawn of satan cat)

**tjeremiah** · April 27th, 2013

SOLVED with this post. Easier with the DEB. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...9#post12621449

**ppjdee** · April 27th, 2013

Awesome to hear. Still looking for my adapter but will try that asap. Thanks for the update.

**juicyoner** · August 10th, 2013

Did that solution work for anyone?

**kurt18947** · August 11th, 2013

Originally Posted by juicyoner

Did that solution work for anyone?

It has worked very well for me. The only thing I've noticed is sometimes I see messages during software update/upgrade events. I suspect they're something to do with DKMS in the .deb file. Nothing has malfunctioned as a result AFAIK. They flash by so quickly I can't read them, I just get the occasional word.