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I'm using ubuntu 14.04 64bits, and this wireless pen to connect to the internet.

I've tried to update the driver from RT2870 to RT3070, downloading the latest linux drivers from SMC website.

After that, my wireless networks disappeared and I can't connect.

Here's the output of lsusb when pen connected:

Bus 003 Device 006: ID 083a:a701 Accton Technology Corp. SMCWUSBS-N3 EZ Connect N Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT3070]

The output of nmcli nm:

RUNNING STATE        WIFI-HARWARE WIFI    WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN

running disconnected enabled      enabled enabled       disabled

What's happenning?

Thanks for your help!

Tiago

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I am surprised you got the driver from SMC to compile at all. Let's try to uninstall it. Please open a terminal and do:

cd ~/Downloads/Release2010

...or wherever you downloaded and extracted the file if not Downloads. Press Tab and let the remainder of the long filename fill in; press Enter.

cd Drivers/Linux

I assume you extracted the RT3070 tar file within.

cd 2009

Press Tab and let the remainder of the long filename fill in; press Enter. Now, finally, we uninstall:

sudo make uninstall

If the original 'make' failed, then there is actually no need to uninstall.

Did you blacklist the native driver?

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

If you do not have gedit, use leafpad, kate, nano or any text editor. If you have blacklisted rt2800usb, remove that line. Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor. Reboot and tell us your symptoms. We'll troubleshoot from there.

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I've solved my problem based on How do I make sure the driver for a TP-LINK tl-wn727n is loaded on boot?

After I've made what chili555 told, I've notice that the rt2800usb wasn't loading at boot, so I had to assure that the module was loaded at boot:

sudo modprobe -v rt2800usb

I already had removed the blacklisted drivers from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Next I added rt2800usb to /etc/modules:

sudo nano /etc/modules

Rebooted and my wireless starts up automatically.

Note: when making lsusb my info remais the same:

Bus 003 Device 006: ID 083a:a701 Accton Technology Corp. SMCWUSBS-N3 EZ Connect N Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT3070]

Worked like a charm! :) Thanks chili555!

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