3 linux driver installation, Linux driver installation – PLANET WDL-U700 User Manual

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  WDL‐U700   

2.3 Linux Driver Installation

The WDL-U700 supports following Linux platform:

Linux Kernel 2.6.18~2.6.38

Linux Kernel 3.0.8

Obtain the Linux driver from the bundled CD or download the official Linux driver
from

this site

, and build the driver for the Linux OS that you are using.

1. If the driver has been downloaded to your Downloads folder and is called

2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO.bz2. Open a
terminal, and type or paste the following:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential

cd Downloads

tar -xjf 2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO

cd 2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO

sudo make && sudo make install

make clean

cd ..

rm -rf 2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO

2. Reboot, and hopefully your wireless connection will appear!

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