Wifi enabled, but cannot find networks (USB Adapter)

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  1. Sethbright21

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    So....I am very new to Linux.

    I started with Ubuntu this weekend, and stumbled across the beautiful ElementaryOS and couldn't resist.

    I encountered the same issue with Ubuntu, but was able to resolve the issue thanks to https://github.com/jurobystricky/Netgear-A6210 and https://github.com/kaduke/Netgear-A6210

    I've replicated the terminal process, and have encountered no obvious errors (again, I'm new, so I may be missing something), and the result is: WiFi is now at least recognized, however, there appear to be no networks in range.

    The process is as follows:

    git clone -b port-to-4.15 https://github.com/kaduke/Netgear-A6210
    cd Netgear-A6210
    make
    sudo make install

    No hiccups during the git/make process.

    sudo make install outputs:

    [sudo] password for seth:
    make -C /home/seth/Netgear-A6210/os/linux -f Makefile.6 install
    make[1]: Entering directory '/home/seth/Netgear-A6210/os/linux'
    rm -rf /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA
    mkdir -pv /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA
    mkdir: created directory '/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA'
    cp /home/seth/Netgear-A6210/conf/RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/.
    install -d /lib/modules/4.13.0-43-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
    install -m 644 -c mt7662u_sta.ko /lib/modules/4.13.0-43-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
    /sbin/depmod -a 4.13.0-43-generic

    I'm not exactly sure what I am seeing here, but no apparent errors seem to be present.

    Any help is sincerely appreciated!

    Update: Wireless interface was disabled, however, enabling does not solve the issue.

    seth@seth-MS-7A34:~$ sudo lshw -class network
    [sudo] password for seth:
    *-network
    description: Ethernet interface
    product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    physical id: 0
    bus info: pci@0000:21:00.0
    logical name: enp33s0
    version: 15
    serial: 30:9c:23:27:de:00
    size: 1Gbit/s
    capacity: 1Gbit/s
    width: 64 bits
    clock: 33MHz
    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
    configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=192.168.1.223 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
    resources: irq:303 ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fe504000-fe504fff memory:fe500000-fe503fff
    *-network DISABLED
    description: Wireless interface
    physical id: 1
    logical name: wlan0
    capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RALINK WLAN multicast=yes wireless=Ralink STA
    seth@seth-MS-7A34:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
    seth@seth-MS-7A34:~$ sudo lshw -class network
    *-network
    description: Ethernet interface
    product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    physical id: 0
    bus info: pci@0000:21:00.0
    logical name: enp33s0
    version: 15
    serial: 30:9c:23:27:de:00
    size: 1Gbit/s
    capacity: 1Gbit/s
    width: 64 bits
    clock: 33MHz
    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
    configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=192.168.1.223 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
    resources: irq:303 ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fe504000-fe504fff memory:fe500000-fe503fff
    *-network
    description: Wireless interface
    physical id: 1
    logical name: wlan0
    serial: 9c:3d:cf:f9:6a:2d
    capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RALINK WLAN multicast=yes wireless=Ralink STA
    seth@seth-MS-7A34:~$
     
    #1 Sethbright21, May 28, 2018
    Last edited: May 29, 2018

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