[SOLVED] airlink 101 usb driver?

Have an airlink usb wireless adapter for my wife's laptop (Toshiba satellite 1405 S151) running linux mint 13 mate. I plugged it in and it lights up, but nothing shows as up as far as any recognition. (Note: I do not have a wireless signal anywhere near yet) Googled it and ran the terminal. lsusb pulls up the following:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN
So, I know it is a realtek chip RTL8188CUS.
My basic question, does Ubuntu 12.04 based systems support this chip or do I need a driver? Do I need to wait and get a wireless router and try again first?
Thanks for all of the help in making the transition to linux from windows. I have now 3 computers up and running, and more in the works for friends/family!

Hi.
Just to see if the driver is automatically uploaded, after plugging in the wireless usb, wait 10-15 seconds so as to be loaded/lit up and then please post the results of the following commands.

Code:

lspci -nn
sudo lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all

As per the wiki page here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Hardw ... ink101#USB
you may just need to download kernel module sources from 'Realtek' (current filename: 'RTL8188CUS_v2.0.1324.zip'), extract to /usr/src , and run install.sh

Okay. here are the results:
lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ALi Corporation M1644/M1644T Northbridge+Trident [10b9:1644] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller [10b9:5247]
00:02.0 USB controller [0c03]: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller [10b9:5237] (rev 03)
00:04.0 IDE interface [0101]: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE [10b9:5229] (rev c3)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device [10b9:5451] (rev 01)
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533]
00:08.0 Bridge [0680]: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] [10b9:7101]
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82551QM Ethernet Controller [8086:1059] (rev 10)
00:11.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support [1179:0617] (rev 32)
00:11.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support [1179:0617] (rev 32)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1 [1023:8820] (rev 82)

sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for jenny:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82551QM Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:00:39:cd:f7:3b
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=97.81.136.82 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:11 memory:f7efd000-f7efdfff ioport:eb40(size=64) memory:f7ec0000-f7edffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:21:2f:38:a7:24
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192cu driverversion=3.2.0-23-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn

sudo rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

Will check out the link sometime today. Already tried a zip file last night. (Of course, being a newb, I screwed that up. Zips don't work in Linux...) How do I extract it to "/usr/src , and run install.sh"? That looks like a terminal command, but unsure how to extract it there.
Thanks for your reply.

It seems like your driver is already loaded and working. It is the rtl8192cu
I think that you will be able to connect without any problem and without installing any drivers.

In case it is needed, I can guide you step by step through the process.

Cool. I guess when I get a router going it might show something as far as a connection status. I'll post back here the results when I get the router. Thanks

Okay. Update. FINALLY bought a router. I set up the router through it's IP. Turned on the laptop. It did recognize a wireless signal. I right clicked the connection icon and selected; wireless, add, then entered the SSID for the router, clicked security, selected wpa, then entered my password for the router. CONNECTED!!! Feel free to mark as solved. Thank you!