AWUS036NHR v2 issues

[sevas]

Anyone have one of these?

802.11bgn

It recognizes but only sometimes sees WiFi networks. Seems to work better when I connect the USB after sys-net is started.

It connects to my network but loses service after a minute or two even tho it's still connected to the network.

I think the Linux formate package is already installed.... That would make it work, right? I'm trying to avoid using the Alfa drivers.

[sevas]

Turns out that whatever application tries to load multiple drivers and use both of
them at the same time.

First, check that there are two drivers being loaded.
user@sys-net$ lsmod | grep rtl
Yes? Blacklist one.

adding "blacklist rtl8xxxu" to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
will solve the problem.

Extra not needed info:
Reference:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/988200/i-bought-alfa-awus036nhr-v2-wireless-adapter-but-couldnt-install-the-drive

A quick google search for others having problems shows many non-answers by the elusive dodo birds of the internet.
-People saying "It does work, whats wrong with you?" on kali and hacking forums.
-The almost excellent post on the ubuntu forums (link above) tells us to blacklist the wrong driver.

whew!