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Updated install script and README
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Nagefire committed Dec 1, 2018
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# Maintainer: Nagefire <nagefire.dev@gmail.com>

pkgname=netgear-a6210
pkgver=2.5.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A driver for Ralink Mediatek mt766u, mt7632u, and mt7612u chipsets"
arch=('any')
url="https://github.com/kaduke/NetGear-A6210"
license=('GPL')

depends=('linux-headers')

optdepends=('dkms: Automatically rebuild drivers upon updating the kernel')

source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://gitlab.com/Nagefire/${pkgname}/raw/master/tar/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")

#build() {
cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
make
#}

package() {
cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
sudo make install
install.sh dkms_add
}
7 changes: 3 additions & 4 deletions README.md
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High Gain Wifi USB Adapter. Some other distro/dongle combinations work as well, for
example Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" - KDE (32-bit)/ASUS USB-N53 seems to work flawlessly
(as reported by Roland Bauer). I have tested it for kernel 4.18.4 with Arch Linux
x86_64 and arch linux ARMv7 (rasberry pi).
x86_64 and arch linux ARMv7 (Raspberry Pi 2 Model B).

The supported chipsets can be present in other devices. To include additional
devices, you need to add corresponding VendorID, DeviceID into the file
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The driver provided at this link NO LONGER COMPILES, so do not attempt to use it. I
do not plan on maintaining this driver, but rather keeping it up to date with
it's branch at:
its branch at:
https://github.com/kaduke/Netgear-A6210

and maintaining it as a PACKAGE for the AUR. I may add functions and edit or reformat
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This seems to be Linux distro dependent, but has definitely been observed on Ubuntu,
I have not yet had any problems with the driver on Arch.

At present, there is no LED support yet (Netgear-A6210 does not have
any LEDs, but other dongles do, such as the A).
At present, there is no LED support.

EDUP EP-AC1601 works (or to be precise, should work), but at present there are
several problems such as frequent dropping of connection, failure to connect, wildly
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