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How to install wlan driver mt7601u ? file(mt7601Usta.ko) is missing while doing it?

i am facing a problem while setting up wlan connection for my new mediatek wlan adapter .

unable to setup the connection , while making it was showing that file is missing .

when i replaced the file which is downloaded externally from online , it is prompting as a invalid file .

help me to go wireless

Eric Carvalho
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    Did you try this method? http://askubuntu.com/questions/457061/ralink-148f7601-wifi-adapter-installation/554278#554278 – chili555 Sep 09 '15 at 12:12
  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/457061/ralink-148f7601-wifi-adapter-installation/554278#554278 i have already tried this but i said that one file is missing mt7601Usta.ko . – Sai Kumar Sep 10 '15 at 17:42
  • Duplicate of [Ralink 148f:7601 wifi adapter installation](http://askubuntu.com/q/457061/65926). I posted [an answer](http://askubuntu.com/a/690576/65926) with an alternative installation method. – Eric Carvalho Oct 27 '15 at 12:37

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There's a PPA with this driver. At least it worked for me. Connect via ethernet and run:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:thopiekar/mt7601
sudo apt-get-update
sudo apt-get install mt7601-sta-dkms

The driver for this adapter was included in kernel 4.2. If you upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10 you just have to download a firmware file:

sudo wget -O /lib/firmware/mt7601u.bin https://github.com/porjo/mt7601/raw/master/src/mcu/bin/MT7601.bin

If you're using Ubuntu 16.04 or later there's no need to install or download anything.

Eric Carvalho
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  • I am afraid this driver won't build on new kernels for some reason. Kernel 4.2 has a native support. – Pilot6 Oct 29 '15 at 09:17
  • @Pilot6 Yes, I've used this PPA on Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.04. On Ubuntu 15.10 the adapter works out of the box. I already posted [an answer](http://askubuntu.com/a/690576/65926) on another question and marked this one as a duplicate. – Eric Carvalho Oct 29 '15 at 16:12
  • I'm running ubuntu 15.10, and it doesn't work out of the box because the mt7601u.bin firmware file is missing. What package is supposed to provide that file? – ʇsәɹoɈ Jan 24 '16 at 20:01
  • @ʇsәɹoɈ I updated the answer on the [duplicate question](http://askubuntu.com/a/690576/65926). Seems like I already had the firmware file from a previous manual installation. – Eric Carvalho Feb 08 '16 at 13:46
  • for 14.04 i have upgraded the kernel using this post http://askubuntu.com/a/696253/247787, restarted, downloaded a firmware file like described above, restarted again, it worked. – Vlad Nikitin Apr 10 '16 at 15:13
  • I'm using 16.04, getting this error: `ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-4.6.0-040600-generic is not supported`, – Nullpointer Jun 05 '17 at 09:09