It works! Worries tend to lead us all astray I guess. Just in case, here's what you wanted to see:
Code:
skylife@skylife-EX321AA-ABA-SR1930NX-NA630:~$ rfkill list all
skylife@skylife-EX321AA-ABA-SR1930NX-NA630:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"HANDOJO" Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 30:46:9A:86:52:C7
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=86/100 Noise level=0/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
skylife@skylife-EX321AA-ABA-SR1930NX-NA630:~$ dmesg | grep 8712
[12772.076515] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[12772.082631] r8712u: DriverVersion: v7_0.20100831
[12772.082674] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
[12772.082679] r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
[12772.083345] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
[12772.812954] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
[12772.812961] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = b4:75:0e:1e:9d:b7
[12772.812965] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[12772.814060] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
[12774.968497] r8712u: 1 RCR=0x153f00e
[12774.969245] r8712u: 2 RCR=0x553f00e