19.10 - Wifi - Linksys AE2500-RM not recognized by system
I see this has been asked before, but not for 19.10, and not for FIVE years.
Linksys AE2500-RM wi fi adapter not even popping up on my Wi Fi Settings when I plug it in.
In five years, has there been a better solution than XP drivers to make this work?
EDIT: lsusb output:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2516:0004 Cooler Master Co., Ltd. Storm QuickFire Rapid Mechanical Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub EDIT 2: removed the devide from it's USB port and plugged it into a different port, reran the command and got the following:
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 13b1:003a Linksys AE2500 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43236]
51 Answer
There is no known native Linux driver for your 13b1:003a device.
Drivers are typically developed either directly by or in conjuntion with the device chipset manufacturer, in this case, Broadcom. They have provided no driver for this device nor any of the very few other Broadcom USB devices.
The alternative used to be to use Windows XP driver files and the ndiswrapper mechanism. However, ndiswrapper is poorly supported and hasn't worked properly on any recent Ubuntu version for many years.
The direct answer to your question, "In five years, has there been a better solution than XP drivers to make this work?" is that there is no solution at all, including ndiswrapper, to make this work.
I suggest that you purchase another fully supported USB wireless device.
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