Unable to connect to hotspot using TP-LINK WN725N USB NANO ADAPTER and Ubuntu 16.04

martyoo · 05-28-2017, 07:04 AM

I am creating hotspot using this guide.

When i tried to activate the hotspot i got this error:

Code:

Failed to activate connection
(2) Connection 'Wi-Fi hotspot' is not available on the device wlxd46e0e144362 at this time.

Here is the output of lsusb and ifconfig commands

Output of lsusb

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Bus 002 Device 005: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bc2:a013 Seagate RSS LLC 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04ca:003a Lite-On Technology Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:0941 Hewlett-Packard 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Output of ifconfig

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eno1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 3c:d9:2b:66:d4:21  
          inet6 addr: fe80::46e4:58aa:f5c5:8ace/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:36262 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24764 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:33732167 (33.7 MB)  TX bytes:3214789 (3.2 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 
          RX bytes:14276 (14.2 KB)  TX bytes:14276 (14.2 KB)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:172.25.99.90  P-t-P:120.89.73.10  Mask:255.255.255.255
          inet6 addr: fe80::59ab:1157:177c:a110/10 Scope:Link
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:31940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24611 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 
          RX bytes:32717738 (32.7 MB)  TX bytes:2661588 (2.6 MB)

wlxd46e0e144362 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:6e:0e:14:43:62  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

x@x-PC:~$

The wlxd46e0e144362 and 0bda:8179 disappears from the output of ifconfig and lsmod respectively, when i remove the TP-LINK device, so I am guessing Ubuntu is able to detect the device.

So where is the problem then ?

I also tried to install driver as mentioned here, rebooted. And still not working.

Code:

sudo apt-get install git build-essential dkms linux-headers-generic
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.git
sudo dkms add ./rtl8188eu
sudo dkms build 8188eu/1.0
sudo dkms install 8188eu/1.0

Thanks for any help in advance