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 Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951246 Title: 13b1:002f Linksys AE1000 v1 802.11n [Ralink RT3572] not usable in network manager or elsewhere Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: USB wireless worked at one time in Ubuntu. No longer works and does not show a module loaded or does it work. Device shows in lsusb but nowhere else. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 11.0~b7+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ron 1770 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ron 1770 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ron 1770 F...m pulseaudio BuildID: 20120309125033 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfb120000 irq 43' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888' Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,80860037,00100202' Controls : 43 Simple ctrls : 22 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfb080000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0d HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de000d,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 4 Channel: beta CurrentDmesg: [ 136.353372] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down [ 227.240075] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx [ 227.240082] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO Date: Fri Mar 9 19:06:03 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.145 metric 1 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Prefs: browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID - 20120309125033 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion - 2 extensions.lastAppVersion - 11.0 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone - rv:11.0 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages - 104858 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120309125033 (Running) RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/22/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: TCIBX10H.86A.0046.2011.0422.1617 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: DH55HC dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAE70933-505 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrTCIBX10H.86A.0046.2011.0422.1617:bd04/22/2011:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDH55HC:rvrAAE70933-505:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/951246/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

