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I just brought a TP-Link WN727N wireless adapter to work on ubuntu since my default wifi has issues. My system is HP-ab030tx. lsusb produces the following result :

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

So the system recognizes the usb. I have tried following solutions till now.

  1. chili555's first answer from this
  2. Also tried to install rt2800usb using instructions from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Tenda_W311M

The problem now is as soon as i plug in the device the light in the device brightens up and the system freezes or undergoes a kernel panick. Tried the same thing on ubuntu 15.10 with the same result. I cannot try new coomands with the usb on now since it freezes everytime. Right now i am on ubuntu 14.04.3 which also has the same problem. I have been on this over a week. Please suggest me a solution. PS : Please let me know if anyone wants to know anything about any commands from my OS.

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Your device is covered by default in Ubuntu 15.10. You are probably only missing the firmware. Download and install the firmware with:

sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/porjo/mt7601
cd mt7601/src/mcu/bin
sudo cp MT7601.bin /lib/firmware/mt7601u.bin

Insert the device and it should be working.

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