How to install MediaTek MT7610U (RT2860) driver

Have no real tech knowledge but I can read and search well. I have mine up now with a blue light and showing decent statistics. Not sure what to do with an active ra0 yet. Maybe someone can help me too?

ANYWAY: I downloaded mt7610u_wifi_sta_v3002_dpo_20130916 from mediatek Edited according to these pages:

  • http://www.ctheroux.com/ralink-rt5572-based-wifi-usb-dongle-setup-on-ubuntu-12-04/ http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/74-ubuntu/229-ubuntu-precise-dlink-dwa160-revb2

I'm using kernel 3.2 crunchbang

Also added fyi-I previously had used the ndisgtk to install windows 7 drivers but that alone sure didn't help... so the above may be the only bit you need. I also added the bin files included in the 7 directory to my firmware folder.

Sorry if I am confusing. Noticed you posted yesterday and thought I would drop in a novice response.


Since Kernel 4.19 there is native support for mt7610u. Fedora 30 and Ubuntu 19.04 has this kernel version. These distributions should work without any additional effort.