Simple steps to take a working TP Link TL-WN725N USB wireless dongle on Ubuntu 13.10…
Get working USB device in “dmesg” list:
[104052.357090] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 4
[104057.671917] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[104057.764598] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8179
[104057.764606] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[104057.764610] usb 2-1.2: Product: 802.11n NIC
[104057.764614] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek
[104057.764617] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001
Verify blacklist:
# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
Run this build/install script (rtl8188eu-install.sh):
#!/bin/sh
#
# Download, build and install TP Link TL-WN725N driver on Ubuntu 13.10
#
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms git
mkdir /tmp/tl-wn725n
cd /tmp/tl-wn725n
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
cd rtl8188eu
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -aq
Use new device as “wlan1”:
# iwconfig wlan1 unassociated Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0