I'd appreciate any help on this one. I have an Asus X553M with a Qualcomm Atheros internal wifi card. That is rubbish in my stone built home. I have bought the widely recommended Alfa awus036H USB device.Steps so far.Fresh install of Mint 18.1Drivers for Alfa installed. Rtl8187Qualcomm Ath09 driver blacklisted.Lshw lists the wireless interface as wlan0 using driver rtl8187.Iwconfig wlan0 reports the Alfa is 'managed'.Tried many suggestions from forums to get this damn thing working.One thing that I have not seen mentioned before is that when I select Network Manager this wireless tab switches between 'unmanaged' and (for want of a better term) wireless switch 'off', then 'on' then the Network Manager disappears.Any thought out there folks?
USB WiFi adaptor (Alfa) not working on Mint 18.1
linux mint;wifi;usb