(SOLVED) Netgear A6200 Wireless Adapter

Hi everybody. I'm a complete linux noob and am very frustrated as I can't get internet access on my newly rebuilt computer! I got the wireless card to work on a computer running windows so i know its functional, however I can't get it to work on my zorin os cp. Furthermore I can't even figure out how to set up an ethernet connection. Could somebody help me to make this thing work?

Can you please open terminal (ctlr+Alt+T) and post back here the results of the following commands:

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
lsusb
sudo lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all
lsmod

yeah ill give that a shot

A LOT of information popped up. Either I did something wrong or you'll have to tell me what you need

Here i noticed i had an error in that last one use this info instead

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7865]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
osomara@osomara-MS-7865:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1058:0820 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0461:4d75 Primax Electronics, Ltd Rocketfish RF-FLBTAD Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp. Mouse (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. Keyboard (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05b8:3166 Agiler, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 03f0:d407 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0846:9052 NetGear, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
osomara@osomara-MS-7865:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for osomara:
*-network l
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 0c
serial: d8:cb:8a:e0:65:34
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 ip=192.168.1.7 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:76 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fe900000-fe900fff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
osomara@osomara-MS-7865:~$ sudo rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
osomara@osomara-MS-7865:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 12557 1
isofs 39837 1
amd_freq_sensitivity 12589 0
kvm_amd 60102 0
kvm 455843 1 kvm_amd
crct10dif_pclmul 14289 0
crc32_pclmul 13113 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 46368 1
aesni_intel 55624 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
aes_x86_64 17131 1 aesni_intel
snd_hda_codec_realtek 65812 1
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
lrw 13286 1 aesni_intel
dm_multipath 22873 0
gf128mul 14951 1 lrw
snd_rawmidi 30144 1 snd_seq_midi
glue_helper 13990 1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper 13597 1 aesni_intel
cryptd 20359 2 aesni_intel,ablk_helper
scsi_dh 14882 1 dm_multipath
snd_hda_intel 56531 5
snd_hda_codec 193017 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq 61560 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
serio_raw 13462 0
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
edac_core 62291 0
fam15h_power 13119 0
snd_pcm 102099 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
k10temp 13126 0
edac_mce_amd 22617 0
snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
rfcomm 69160 8
bnep 19624 2
i2c_piix4 22155 0
joydev 17381 0
snd_timer 29482 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
binfmt_misc 17468 1
btusb 32412 0
bluetooth 391136 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
nls_iso8859_1 12713 1
snd 69322 21 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
soundcore 12680 1 snd
shpchp 37032 0
parport_pc 32701 0
ppdev 17671 0
mac_hid 13205 0
lp 17759 0
parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
btrfs 835994 0
xor 21411 1 btrfs
raid6_pq 97812 1 btrfs
libcrc32c 12644 1 btrfs
dm_mirror 22135 0
dm_region_hash 20862 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18411 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
ses 17363 0
enclosure 15368 1 ses
hid_generic 12548 0
hid_logitech_dj 18581 0
usbhid 52659 0
hid 106148 4 hid_generic,usbhid,hid_logitech_dj
usb_storage 62209 1
radeon 1522902 4
psmouse 106692 0
r8169 71677 0
ahci 34091 4
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 radeon
ttm 93424 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 55071 1 radeon
mii 13934 1 r8169
drm 303102 6 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
libahci 32716 1 ahci
wmi 19177 0
osomara@osomara-MS-7865:~$

Try this after plugging in the netgear usb stick.

1) Open terminal and run:

Code:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential

2) Download from this link a zip file with the drivers for your Netgear:

https://codeload.github.com/abperiasamy ... zip/master

3) Once the zip file is downloaded, you will find it in your Downloads folder. Right click it and select "extract here" so it may be extracted.

4) Then open terminal again and run the following 4 commands:

Code:

cd /home/$USER/Downloads/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au

Hopefully your wireless will start working. (you may need to unplug and re-plug the netgear usb stick).


Note:
If it works, in case there is a kernel update, you would need to re-install the drivers as follows:

Code:

cd /home/$USER/Downloads/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au

That did the trick! I do still need help configuring my wireless network though. I have no idea where to find information like MAC address or how much of that information i actually even need

No wait! it finally started showing all the wifi connections in range! we're golden!

Glad I helped. I will mark the topic as solved.