The adapter's web browser will appear on your screen. You will be notified that the connection to the internet is successful. Follow the on-screen instructions and then, click Next.ĩ. If prompted, enter the password for your network, then click Next.Ĩ. Select No, I don’t have an Easy Setup Key, then click Next.ħ.
Any other dongle may not provide adequate power to the adapter.ĥ. It is highly recommended to use the dongle that came with the adapter. You can also plug the adapter into the dongle that came with the adapter, then connect the base to a USB port on your computer. Insert the adapter into a USB port on your computer. Read the Software End User License Agreement, then click Next.Ĥ.
Click on Set up your Linksys Adapter. If you’re using Windows Vista or Windows 7, it may prompt you to allow the driver to make changes to your computer. Insert the Setup CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.Ģ. Windows® XP SP3, Windows Vista® SP1 and Windows 7 onlyġ.A computer with a 1 GHz processor or faster.Somebody, somewhere will happen upon this post some day and be happy about it. (Task Manager, Startup tab.) Now look at your network adapters! Enable that shiny, new wireless adapter! You should see a "802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card"!!! (Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections)ģ00Mb 802.11n is working perfectly on my Windows 8.1 PC.ĭon't laugh. You can kill that it won't be able to find the "MediaTek" adapter. The MediaTek taskbar tray utility will be launched at startup. It won't matter, because you can't be stopped. You'll get warnings that it isn't the right driver. Scroll down to MediaTek, and choose their USB wifi adapter. Browse to the the directory:Ĭ:\ProgramData\Mediatek Driver\RT2870 Wireless LAN Card\Driver Right-click on the AE1000 (which will have a yellow alert icon on it,) and choose "Update driver software." Tell it you want to find the driver on your PC. With the AE1000 plugged into a USB port, launch the Device Manager. Launch the MediaTek driver installer - IS_Setup_ICS_011916_1.5.39.173.exe - and let it install. You'll then boot to a menu with "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement" - hit that and reboot one last time. Click on "Troubleshoot", then on "Advanced options", and then on "Startup Settings". I find it easiest to go to a command prompt and enter shutdown /r /o. You'll need to disable Windows 8's DRIVER SIGNATURE ENFORCEMENT to install the "incorrect" driver for the AE1000. Download the USB Wireless driver from MediaTek's support site. MediaTek still makes RT2870-based wifi adapters, and they continue to update their drivers. The Linksys AE1000 uses the RALink RT2870 chipset. Maybe someone can generalize to get similar stuff working. Yeah, this is an oddball issue, but I'm so chuffed at finding a working solution that I thought it should be somewhere on reddit.
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