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I'm trying to install a driver for my USB Adapter, but I don't know what to do... (www.lb-link.cn)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There is not even a "Help" or a "Read Me". There is not even a Doc on their official web page, if there was I cannot find it. Context: I am trying to transition from Windows to Linux. I am using Linux Mint in VM Ware before fully switching to it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Please run lsusb and post the output of the line where your wireless chip is here.

Did you install the linux-firmware and/or firmware-ralink package?

You might be able to just search the internet for the vendor/device ID (the 8 hex digits looking like 00a0:ab67) and "linux mint" and find a guide on how to run this.

If you install lshw and do lshw -c net you might also gain valuable information about your network hardware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WAIT, is this it?

-network description: Ethernet interface physical id: 2 bus info: usb@3:13 logical name: usb0 serial: 6e:23:2f:0e:47:0e capabilities: ethernet physical configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.70.35 link=yes multicast=yes WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

this looks like Ethernet, not WLAN.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

hmm... maybe it's the wrong driver and im being stupid

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is this a wifi or a LAN card? What model exactly.is it?

Even if you don't know this, you're not stupid. At most you simply lack experience or knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's a USB adapter, LB-Link BL-WN351. My father got me this 6 months ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Can you try and look into this one?. The README should be in the "doc" folder.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I found 2 README Files. This one and this one