Old Raspberry Pi and D-Link DWA-160A2 wireless adapter

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I have an old Raspberry Pi (I believe it’s a B — 256MB RAM, 2 USB ports) that was running Raspbmc without any problems. I am using a D-Link DWA-160A2 wireless adapter (connected to a powered USB hub). I originally got that adapter because I needed 5GHz capability and there weren’t a ton of options at the time (2013). After updating to OSMC/Kodi, the wireless adapter is not visible, and I the wireless network option is missing. I plugged the adapter into my iMac to make sure that it is working, and it is.

For some reason, I can’t seem to find a list of OSMC-supported/compatible wireless adapters. Does anyone know if/where such a list exists, or if not, why?

Incidentally, I believe that the DWA-160A2 uses Atheros.

If nobody has any ideas, I’m just going to buy a new wireless adapter. I don’t have the 5GHz limitation anymore, so it will be a lot cheaper/easier.

Edit: it’s the 512MB version, though OSMC seems to think that it has 383MB total.

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OSMC only shows 383MB because the 512MB of memory is split between the GPU and the CPU.

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Post the output of dmesg after booting with the stick inserted that is the basic step to review why the driver is not picked up.

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Thanks. I figured something was using the rest of the RAM.

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Here’s the dmesg output. I have to split because of length:

4.9.2 (Raspbian 4.9.2-10) ) #1 PREEMPT Sat Jan 2 00:55:57 UTC 2016
[ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv6-compatible processor [410fb767] revision 7 (ARMv7), cr=00c5387d
[ 0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
[ 0.000000] Machine model: Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 2
[ 0.000000] cma: Reserved 8 MiB at 0x16800000
[ 0.000000] Memory policy: Data cache writeback
[ 0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 94208
[ 0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0baaad4, node_mem_map d64b7000
[ 0.000000] Normal zone: 828 pages used for memmap
[ 0.000000] Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
[ 0.000000] Normal zone: 94208 pages, LIFO batch:31
[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768
[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0
[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 93380
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: dma.dmachans=0x7f35 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=1280 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=720 bcm2708.boardrev=0xf bcm2708.serial=0x61caf765 smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:CA:F7:65 bcm2708_fb.fbswap=1 sdhci-bcm2
[ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Memory: 352100K/376832K available (7899K kernel code, 432K rwdata, 1804K rodata, 1812K init, 726K bss, 16540K reserved, 8192K cma-reserved)
[ 0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:
vector : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000 ( 4 kB)
fixmap : 0xffc00000 - 0xfff00000 (3072 kB)
vmalloc : 0xd7800000 - 0xff000000 ( 632 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xd7000000 ( 368 MB)
modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xc0000000 ( 16 MB)
.text : 0xc0008000 - 0xc0982140 (9705 kB)
.init : 0xc0983000 - 0xc0b48000 (1812 kB)
.data : 0xc0b48000 - 0xc0bb4074 ( 433 kB)
.bss : 0xc0bb4074 - 0xc0c69be0 ( 727 kB)
[ 0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[ 0.000000] Preemptible hierarchical RCU implementation.
[ 0.000000] Build-time adjustment of leaf fanout to 32.
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:16 nr_irqs:16 16
[ 0.000030] sched_clock: 32 bits at 1000kHz, resolution 1000ns, wraps every 2147483647500ns
[ 0.000072] clocksource: timer: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 1911260446275 ns
[ 0.000166] bcm2835: system timer (irq = 27)
[ 0.000446] Console: colour dummy device 80x30
[ 0.000661] console [tty0] enabled
[ 0.000686] Calibrating delay loop… 697.95 BogoMIPS (lpj=3489792)
[ 0.060326] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[ 0.060684] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.060712] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.061735] Initializing cgroup subsys io
[ 0.061796] Initializing cgroup subsys memory
[ 0.061834] Initializing cgroup subsys devices
[ 0.061863] Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
[ 0.061890] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
[ 0.061975] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[ 0.062049] ftrace: allocating 18842 entries in 56 pages
[ 0.159588] Setting up static identity map for 0x81c0 - 0x821c
[ 0.161919] devtmpfs: initialized
[ 0.168726] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 1 part 20 variant b rev 5
[ 0.169379] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns
[ 0.171108] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[ 0.172032] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[ 0.177084] DMA: preallocated 4096 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
[ 0.199220] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 0.229283] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 0.235673] hw-breakpoint: found 6 breakpoint and 1 watchpoint registers.
[ 0.235700] hw-breakpoint: maximum watchpoint size is 4 bytes.
[ 0.235875] Serial: AMBA PL011 UART driver
[ 0.236270] 20201000.uart: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0x20201000 (irq = 81, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
[ 0.237087] bcm2835-mbox 2000b880.mailbox: mailbox enabled
[ 0.301685] bcm2835-dma 20007000.dma: DMA legacy API manager at f2007000, dmachans=0x1
[ 0.303080] bcm2835-dma 20007000.dma: dma_debug:0
[ 0.303792] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.304114] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.304260] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.304494] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.309637] raspberrypi-firmware soc:firmware: Attached to firmware from 2015-12-08 14:44
[ 0.336960] clocksource: Switched to clocksource timer
[ 0.389514] FS-Cache: Loaded
[ 0.389917] CacheFiles: Loaded
[ 0.409201] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.410540] TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.410643] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.410743] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
[ 0.410845] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.410883] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.411237] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.411914] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[ 0.411942] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[ 0.411953] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[ 0.411964] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
[ 0.582143] hw perfevents: enabled with armv6_1176 PMU driver, 3 counters available
[ 0.583588] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes)
[ 0.583711] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
[ 0.583805] audit: type=2000 audit(0.510:1): initialized
[ 0.599943] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.6.0
[ 0.600340] VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)

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The remainder of the dump:

[ 0.603027] FS-Cache: Netfs ‘nfs’ registered for caching
[ 0.604414] NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
[ 0.604521] Key type id_resolver registered
[ 0.604539] Key type id_legacy registered
[ 0.609566] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 252)
[ 0.609969] io scheduler noop registered
[ 0.610595] io scheduler bfq registered (default)
[ 0.610615] BFQ I/O-scheduler version: v7r7
[ 0.613263] BCM2708FB: allocated DMA memory 56c00000
[ 0.613346] BCM2708FB: allocated DMA channel 0 @ f2007000
[ 0.626697] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x45
[ 0.638584] vc-cma: Videocore CMA driver
[ 0.638614] vc-cma: vc_cma_base = 0x00000000
[ 0.638628] vc-cma: vc_cma_size = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[ 0.638640] vc-cma: vc_cma_initial = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[ 0.639028] vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x1ec00000 mem_size:0x20000000(512 MiB)
[ 0.664012] brd: module loaded
[ 0.676380] loop: module loaded
[ 0.677736] vchiq: vchiq_init_state: slot_zero = 0xd6c80000, is_master = 0
[ 0.679929] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
[ 0.681271] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx
[ 0.681387] dwc_otg: version 3.00a 10-AUG-2012 (platform bus)
[ 0.882254] Core Release: 2.80a
[ 0.882291] Setting default values for core params
[ 0.882321] Finished setting default values for core params
[ 1.082814] Using Buffer DMA mode
[ 1.082847] Periodic Transfer Interrupt Enhancement - disabled
[ 1.082860] Multiprocessor Interrupt Enhancement - disabled
[ 1.082874] OTG VER PARAM: 0, OTG VER FLAG: 0
[ 1.082894] Dedicated Tx FIFOs mode
[ 1.083413] WARN::dwc_otg_hcd_init:1047: FIQ DMA bounce buffers: virt = 0xd6c14000 dma = 0x56c14000 len=9024
[ 1.083454] FIQ FSM acceleration enabled for :
Non-periodic Split Transactions
Periodic Split Transactions
High-Speed Isochronous Endpoints
[ 1.083489] dwc_otg: Microframe scheduler enabled
[ 1.083570] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:413: FIQ on core 0 at 0xc0567854
[ 1.083592] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:414: FIQ ASM at 0xc0567b30 length 36
[ 1.083625] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:439: MPHI regs_base at 0xd7896000
[ 1.083703] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: DWC OTG Controller
[ 1.083768] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 1.083845] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: irq 56, io mem 0x00000000
[ 1.083909] Init: Port Power? op_state=1
[ 1.083922] Init: Power Port (0)
[ 1.084313] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.084340] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.084360] usb usb1: Product: DWC OTG Controller
[ 1.084377] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.3.3-3-osmc dwc_otg_hcd
[ 1.084394] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 20980000.usb
[ 1.085621] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.085727] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 1.086624] dwc_otg: FIQ enabled
[ 1.086645] dwc_otg: NAK holdoff enabled
[ 1.086658] dwc_otg: FIQ split-transaction FSM enabled
[ 1.086722] Module dwc_common_port init
[ 1.087453] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.087915] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 1.088715] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbtouchscreen
[ 1.089246] bcm2835-cpufreq: min=700000 max=850000
[ 1.090304] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[ 1.090323] sdhci: Copyright© Pierre Ossman
[ 1.090839] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmc: mmc_debug:0 mmc_debug2:0
[ 1.090863] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmc: DMA channels allocated
[ 1.127144] sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
[ 1.127688] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[ 1.127858] hidraw: raw HID events driver © Jiri Kosina
[ 1.128119] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.128134] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 1.128828] Initializing XFRM netlink socket
[ 1.128916] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 1.129107] Key type dns_resolver registered
[ 1.130439] registered taskstats version 1
[ 1.130714] vc-sm: Videocore shared memory driver
[ 1.130736] [vc_sm_connected_init]: start
[ 1.131797] [vc_sm_connected_init]: end - returning 0
[ 1.143121] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1812K (c0983000 - c0b48000)
[ 1.187780] mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch, assuming write-enable
[ 1.191471] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address e624
[ 1.197347] mmcblk0: mmc0:e624 SD08G 7.40 GiB
[ 1.201787] mmcblk0: p1 p2
[ 1.277346] Indeed it is in host mode hprt0 = 00021501
[ 1.517168] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using dwc_otg
[ 1.517367] Indeed it is in host mode hprt0 = 00001101
[ 1.578787] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 1.605706] fsck: E2fsck run: /bin/e2fsck -p -C 0 /dev/mmcblk0p2
[ 1.606132] fsck: Filesystem UUID: 1bae4384-ec83-4a15-b143-34abb51f8796
[ 1.606572] fsck: /dev/mmcblk0p2: clean, 24787/469568 files, 208983/1877760 blocks
[ 1.767513] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=9512
[ 1.767545] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.768676] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.768841] hub 1-1:1.0: 3 ports detected
[ 2.047136] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using dwc_otg
[ 2.147430] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=ec00
[ 2.147464] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.150575] smsc95xx v1.0.4
[ 2.217311] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: register ‘smsc95xx’ at usb-20980000.usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:ca:f7:65
[ 2.297066] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
[ 2.397456] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0409, idProduct=005a
[ 2.397488] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.398530] hub 1-1.2:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.398681] hub 1-1.2:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 2.487080] usb 1-1.3: new low-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg
[ 2.659434] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0d62, idProduct=2106
[ 2.659467] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.659483] usb 1-1.3: Product: USB Multimedia Keyboard
[ 2.697958] input: USB Multimedia Keyboard as /devices/platform/soc/20980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/0003:0D62:2106.0001/input/input0
[ 2.707088] usb 1-1.2.4: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
[ 2.758209] hid-generic 0003:0D62:2106.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [USB Multimedia Keyboard] on usb-20980000.usb-1.3/input0
[ 2.799596] input: USB Multimedia Keyboard as /devices/platform/soc/20980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.1/0003:0D62:2106.0002/input/input1
[ 2.857491] hid-generic 0003:0D62:2106.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [USB Multimedia Keyboard] on usb-20980000.usb-1.3/input1
[ 2.875317] usb 1-1.2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=07d1, idProduct=3a09
[ 2.875351] usb 1-1.2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[ 2.875368] usb 1-1.2.4: Product: 11n adapter
[ 2.875382] usb 1-1.2.4: Manufacturer: ATHER
[ 2.875394] usb 1-1.2.4: SerialNumber: 12345
[ 3.458781] random: systemd urandom read with 93 bits of entropy available
[ 3.526168] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 4.131090] systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
[ 4.131579] systemd[1]: Found ordering cycle on basic.target/start
[ 4.131626] systemd[1]: Found dependency on sysinit.target/start
[ 4.131674] systemd[1]: Found dependency on rpcbind.service/start
[ 4.131719] systemd[1]: Found dependency on network-online.target/start
[ 4.131761] systemd[1]: Found dependency on connman-wait-for-network.service/start
[ 4.131798] systemd[1]: Found dependency on basic.target/start
[ 4.131835] systemd[1]: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job rpcbind.service/start
[ 4.131877] systemd[1]: Job rpcbind.service/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with basic.target/start
[ 4.132502] systemd[1]: Found ordering cycle on basic.target/start
[ 4.132560] systemd[1]: Found dependency on sysinit.target/start
[ 4.132606] systemd[1]: Found dependency on kbd.service/start
[ 4.132651] systemd[1]: Found dependency on remote-fs.target/start
[ 4.132689] systemd[1]: Found dependency on remote-fs-pre.target/start
[ 4.132725] systemd[1]: Found dependency on connman.service/start
[ 4.132763] systemd[1]: Found dependency on basic.target/start
[ 4.132800] systemd[1]: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job kbd.service/start
[ 4.132842] systemd[1]: Job kbd.service/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with basic.target/start
[ 4.343686] fuse init (API version 7.23)
[ 4.583445] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[ 4.889100] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
[ 5.607426] systemd-udevd[157]: starting version 215
[ 6.173547] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 244
[ 6.205969] lirc_rpi: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[ 6.267314] bcm2835-wdt 20100000.watchdog: Broadcom BCM2835 watchdog timer
[ 6.272152] gpiomem-bcm2835 20200000.gpiomem: Initialised: Registers at 0x20200000
[ 7.177231] lirc_rpi: auto-detected active high receiver on GPIO pin 18
[ 7.177737] lirc_rpi lirc_rpi: lirc_dev: driver lirc_rpi registered at minor = 0
[ 7.177758] lirc_rpi: driver registered!
[ 7.404498] FAT-fs (mmcblk0p1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[ 7.567857] usb 1-1.2.4: reset high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
[ 7.717398] usbcore: registered new interface driver carl9170
[ 7.719428] usb 1-1.2.4: Direct firmware load for carl9170-1.fw failed with error -2
[ 7.719467] usb 1-1.2.4: firmware not found.
[ 9.699920] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: hardware isn’t capable of remote wakeup
[ 9.701251] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 9.806424] systemd-journald[132]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[ 10.056629] input: lircd as /devices/virtual/input/input2
[ 80.835237] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x30
[ 264.072265] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.20
[ 264.072488] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 264.072506] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 264.072542] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 264.072570] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 264.072661] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 264.124747] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 264.124781] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 264.124821] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 445.314868] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x45
[ 459.170283] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x30
[ 682.088507] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x45

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Are you sure that the stick is original and is getting enough power? The dmesg messages are a bit strange.
And somehow the stick wants the firmware carl9170-1.fw which seems not included in OSMC but the original ar9170.fw which is included in osmc
Some infos here: en:users:drivers:carl9170.fw [Linux Wireless]

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Thank you, fzinken. Now that you mention it, I do recall that I had to jump through some hoops to get this adapter to work with the Pi. I must have flashed the rom with that customized firmware. So now, the question is whether I can find the original firmware somewhere and return it to stock. I imagine that another option would be to edit the kernel so that it makes use of the custom firmware.

As for power, I believe that it’s getting enough through the USB hub. It did in the past. If not, I’ll get a different wireless adapter.

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Still trying to figure this out. I could not find a way to restore the adapter firmware to factory (or change it at all — I have no idea how I did it in the first place), so I tried installing the carl9170 driver on the pi. I was able to do this, but it still doesn’t work. I tried to use rfkill to find out what was going on, but any use of rfkill results in a segmentation fault. Here’s a clip of the dmesg:

[ 7.847208] usb 1-1.2.4: reset high-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg
[ 8.059453] usbcore: registered new interface driver carl9170
[ 8.090896] usb 1-1.2.4: driver API: 1.9.7 2012-12-15 [1-1]
[ 8.090936] usb 1-1.2.4: firmware API: 1.9.6 2012-07-07
[ 8.460062] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x807c
[ 8.460122] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 8.460134] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 8.460145] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[ 8.460155] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CA
[ 8.460163] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[ 8.595059] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘minstrel_ht’
[ 8.602874] usb 1-1.2.4: Atheros AR9170 is registered as ‘phy0’
[ 10.573028] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: hardware isn’t capable of remote wakeup
[ 10.573713] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 10.763428] systemd-journald[141]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[ 12.177677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 12.188958] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
[ 12.286204] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[ 13.378524] input: lircd as /devices/virtual/input/input2

Could it be the difference between the version of the driver and the version of the firmware? Should I give up on this adapter?

Edit: I should add that I’m temporarily connecting using ethernet over AC.

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Okay, it’s working now. Don’t know what I did.