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.

1. Download rt5592sta_fix_64bit_3.8.patch to the current directory.
2. tar -xvf {driver_source.tar.gz}
3. cd into the directory created in previous step
4. 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.