Wifi device not working on linux

hi everyone!
recently wanted to try Fedora and I’ve installed alongside windows.
now my problem is doesn’t detect my wifi device “mercusys Mw300uh” works like a charm on windows but not on linux, I’ve tested with popos and nothing (different pc)
lsusb:

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 258a:1006 Gaming KB Gaming KB
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 2c4e:0104 Mercucys INC 802.11n NIC
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

any help?

It isn’t supported natively by the kernel. You need drivers. If a random reviewer on amazon is to be believed, it uses an RT 8811cu chipset.

You could potentially try this driver:

That being said, I have not tried it personally as I do not have one of those devices.

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lspci should give you the chipset for that device so you can be certain you are looking for the correct driver.

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What type of machine are you using, sometimes the motherboard firmware update can kick it back online.

Also how did you get the grey background when you copy and pasted in your terminal output .

That type of formatting is called blockquote, use > text to create it.
See list possible markdowns here: Markdown Reference

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In addition to what @augenauf points out, I would add that although it is fine in this case, using blockquote for terminal output usually yields poor results since it doesn’t use a fixed width font.

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very much offtopic, that’s how we want terminal output to be formatted like, @bennyisaiah

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 258a:1006 Gaming KB Gaming KB
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 2c4e:0104 Mercucys INC 802.11n NIC
...
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Correct @augenauf , and @bennyisaiah, that is achieved by wrapping the output in code tags like this
[code]
paste the terminal output here
[/code]
It thus maintains all the same formatting as you see on the screen output.

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