Tracked down this device and plugged it into an utopic box - seems to work ; at least it can pass "iwlist wlan0 scan".
[947835.164024] usb 2-6: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci [947835.315382] usb 2-6: New USB device found, idVendor=13b1, idProduct=002f [947835.315386] usb 2-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [947835.315389] usb 2-6: Product: Linksys AE1000 [947835.315392] usb 2-6: Manufacturer: Linksys [947836.569429] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [947836.795691] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [947836.795696] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset [947836.795698] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) [947836.795701] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [947836.795704] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [947836.795707] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [947836.795710] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [947836.795713] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [947836.900039] usb 2-6: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci [947837.041477] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 3572, rev 0221 detected [947837.069726] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 0009 detected [947837.094283] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' [947837.094632] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb [948090.619280] systemd-logind[1885]: New session 293 of user paul. [948138.754630] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin' [948138.798920] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.29 [948139.074782] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready root@hackbox:~# cat /proc/version Linux version 3.16.0-29-generic (buildd@tipua) (gcc version 4.9.1 (Ubuntu 4.9.1-16ubuntu6) ) #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 15 22:27:29 UTC 2014 root@hackbox:~# -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951246 Title: 13b1:002f Linksys AE1000 v1 802.11n [Ralink RT3572] not usable in network manager or elsewhere To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/951246/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs