Asus PCE-N53 11n N600 PCI-E Adapter on 3.x kernel
- by CITguy
Problem
ASUS PCE-N53 wireless NIC doesn't work for latest versions of the linux kernel. How do I get it working on my system?
(Note: I'm posting the answer I've found for others to use.)
Installing Driver for Linux 3.x Kernel
ASUS provides Linux drivers from their website, but it mentions that the driver supports "Linux Kernel 2.6.x", so it won't work without a some modifications to the driver code.
Fortunately, an archlinux forum mentions similar problems and one user was able to create a patch for kernel 3.8.x that seems to work with kernel 3.11.x.
Here's how I got it working:
Prerequisites
Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Arch:
sudo pacman -S base-devel
Steps:
1. Download the driver from the ASUS website
The download can be found under "Support Drivers & Tools".
2. Unzip the contents of the downloaded file
cd into the new directory
3. Patch
The arch forum mentions a 3.8 patch file that needs to be downloaded.
Download rt5592sta_fix_64bit_3.8.patch to the current directory.
tar -xvf {driver_source.tar.gz}
cd into the directory created in previous step
patch -p1 < ../rt5592sta_fix_64bit_3.8.patch
4. Compile
NOTE: You will need to use sudo for it to compile properly.
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rt5592sta
5. Enjoy
If all is well, you should now have a working card.
