D-Link Xtreme N USB Adapter

[Unclebark]

Hello,

I have just purchased this device and while it will connect to my router, it does not connect to the internet.

It is a DWA-160.

The output of lsusb:
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card Reader
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 07d1:3a09 D-Link System DWA-160 Xtreme N Dual Band USB Adapter(rev.A2) [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG]
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 08ec:0015 M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Kingston DataTraveler ELITE
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Where do I begin?

[stoat]

If you have established a connection to the router and can ping the router's IP address, that is usually the hard part. Maybe you're having DNS resolution issues (not uncommon). Try pinging an Internet URL and IP address.

ping -c 3 www.google.com
ping -c 3 74.125.67.147

If you get returns with the IP address and not the URL, then try adding some DNS nameserver IP addresses (your ISP's or OpenDNS's) into NetworkManager. Right-click the panel icon, "Edit Connections", find the connection, "Edit", "IPv4 Settings" tab, change "Method" to "Automatic (DHCP) addresses only", enter the nameserver IP addresses in the "DNS Servers" box separated by a comma, save, close.

If that lets you ping URLs now, but your browser still doesn't connect to web pages, then try disabling IPv6 in Firefox. In Firefox, enter about:config in the URL nav box, agree, scroll down, right-click network.dns.disableIPv6, and toggle it to "true".

[Unclebark]

After following the instructions here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170
I have some connectivity. It starts out fine and then slows down and will disconnect.
It tries to reconnect and will succeed most of the time. The ping returned the following:

PING www.google.com (72.14.204.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.google.com (72.14.204.103): icmp_req=1 ttl=47 time=169 ms
64 bytes from www.google.com (72.14.204.103): icmp_req=2 ttl=47 time=146 ms
64 bytes from www.google.com (72.14.204.103): icmp_req=3 ttl=47 time=143 ms

--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 143.907/153.510/169.842/11.616 ms

PING 74.125.67.147 (74.125.67.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 74.125.67.147: icmp_req=1 ttl=47 time=238 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.147: icmp_req=2 ttl=47 time=226 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.147: icmp_req=3 ttl=47 time=132 ms

--- 74.125.67.147 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 132.990/199.317/238.934/47.195 ms

While trying the make command I get the following:

/home/barry/Desktop/compat-wireless-2011-03-23/config.mk:204: "WARNING: CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT will be deactivated or not working because kernel was compiled with CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=n. Tools using wext interface like iwconfig will not work. To activate it build your kernel e.g. with CONFIG_LIBIPW=m."
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686/build M=/home/barry/Desktop/compat-wireless-2011-03-23 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2

I am trying to correct the errors here but am not sure where to begin.