Tenda w311mi usb adapter issue

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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I came to EOS from Manjaro and loving the lean and smooth desktop experience. However, my usb wifi router is not working properly. I’d appreciate if anyone can point me to some direction

Here are some of diagnostic

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:0819 Logitech, Inc. Webcam 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1058:0748 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0bda:b711 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188GU 802.11n WLAN Adapter (After Modeswitch)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 09da:2268 A4Tech Co., Ltd. USB Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Journalctl --follow log

Mar 26 22:09:31 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=1a2b, bcdDevice= 2.00
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: Product: DISK
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Realtek
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: usb-storage 1-6:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: scsi host10: usb-storage 1-6:1.0
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix mtp-probe[11498]: checking bus 1, device 6: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-6"
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix mtp-probe[11498]: bus: 1, device: 6 was not an MTP device
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix systemd[1]: Starting USB_ModeSwitch_1-6...
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix usb_modeswitch[11522]: switch device 0bda:1a2b on 001/006
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: USB disconnect, device number 6
Mar 26 22:09:32 thematrix kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:01:00.0: WARN Set TR Deq Ptr cmd failed due to incorrect slot or ep state.
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=b711, bcdDevice= 2.00
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Realtek
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix kernel: usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 00E04CB82101
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix mtp-probe[11538]: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-6"
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix mtp-probe[11538]: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix mtp-probe[11539]: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-6"
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix mtp-probe[11539]: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix mtp-probe[11567]: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-6"
Mar 26 22:09:33 thematrix mtp-probe[11567]: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Mar 26 22:09:52 thematrix systemd[1]: usb_modeswitch@1-6.service: Succeeded.
Mar 26 22:09:52 thematrix systemd[1]: Finished USB_ModeSwitch_1-6.
Mar 26 22:09:52 thematrix audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=usb_modeswitch@1-6 comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Mar 26 22:09:52 thematrix audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=usb_modeswitch@1-6 comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Mar 26 22:09:52 thematrix kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1616774992.820:157): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=usb_modeswitch@1-6 comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Mar 26 22:09:52 thematrix kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1616774992.820:158): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=usb_modeswitch@1-6 comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'

Thanks in advance.

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In what way?

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That’s what i was wondering? I also wonder if the 8188fu-kms-git will work?

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Sorry for being vague. Nothing shows in the GUI of Network manager and I cant manage the wifi.

I went to the AUR package page and found that it recommended to use this for kernel above 5.8
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/8188fu-kelebek333-dkms-git/
I’ve installed this, rebooted the PC. No change till now.

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That’s still rather vague.

What is this device supposed to do? You say it’s a USB router, so what functionality is it supposed to provide?

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Sorry again :slight_smile:
Its actually a USB WLAN adapter and I’m intending to connect the PC to a WIFI network using this.

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It looks like this device has very poor Linux support (despite what the manufacturer page says - maybe it used to have support, or there was an old driver, …).

The most active driver effort seems to be here:

but keep in mind it also has a number of known issues.

You might be better off just buying another cheap USB adapter which has driver support.

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