Asus PCE-N53 linux driver for kernel 3.x, 4.x and 5.x

First a little bit of a story...

When I bought Asus PCE N53 Wi-Fi network card it wasn't working in Ubuntu 14.10 with kernel 3.16. Then I found a patched driver here on GitHub that had been tested with Fedora but I wasn't able to compile it on Ubuntu so I decided to create this repository and provide working sources and instructions for Ubuntu users. The instructions were compiled from this superuser thread. You'll need a working ethernet connection to install the build dependencies.

How to Install

Simply clone this repository, install build dependencies, compile sources, install compiled module and use modprobe to activate it.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade -y
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r) -y
$ cd ~
$ git clone https://github.com/mareksuscak/asus-pce-n53-linux.git
$ cd asus-pce-n53-linux
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo modprobe rt5592sta

If everything worked well you should be able to connect to the Wireless network now.

Troubleshooting

Seeing Compile Errors?

Some users have had success compiling this driver after making minor changes to the source code which normally result in a compile error.

If 5 GHz is not working for you

Go and read this thread.

Contributors

These are the wonderful people who contributed to this project, free of charge.

• @not-in-stock - contributed fixes for kernel 5.4
• @Guite and @SydCLu - contributed an important guide to get 5 GHz to work properly
• @awonnacott - contributed fixes for kernel 5.0
• @jsuann - contributed fixes for kernel 4.15+

Thank you so much y'all! We're all eternally thankful and grateful for your generosity.