

There is a known issue with power management on some hardware. So long as you can install the prerequisites on your own, everything after the line that contains `apt-get` should work in other distributions as well. The instructions above should work in every Debian-based distribution. Please check what type of router you have before purchasing a wireless adapter. The Belkin N600 is a dual band adapter (2.4ghz and 5ghz) and is capable of up to 600 mbps (300 mbps on each band) when paired with a dual band router. Then go to usr/src drectory added Build a dkmsĮnsure the native (and broken) kernel driver is blacklisted: A: The Belkin N300 wireless adapter is a single band (2.4ghz) adapter capable of up to 300 mbps connection speed. Sudo apt-get install git linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms This appears to be an issue in the upstream Realtek driver.Įnsure you have the necessary prerequisites installed: These devices are known not to be supported:Īs a rule of thumb, this driver generally works with devices that use the RTL8192CU chipset, and some devices that use the RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU and RTL8188RU chipsets too, though it's more hit and miss.ĭevices that use dual antennas are known not to work well. These devices are known to work with this driver: This is a repackaging of Realtek's own 8192CU USB WiFi driver for Linux Mint 17.3
