VLC Media Player isn't recognizing the USB Wi-Fi adapter

I could really use some help here. I picked up a Netgear Nighthawk USB Wi-Fi adapter because the box said it was compatible with my media player, but the device won't recognize the stick at all... ?! It works perfectly fine on my PC, and the player itself handles standard USB drives without any issues. My player runs on Linux... Does anyone know what I can do to get this USB stick recognized?
Of course, I've already tried restarting everything in every way possible...

Are we looking at version A or B here?
Here's the manual you'll need for Linux.

Grab driver 1.00

Joshua Garcia3 said:Are we looking at version A or B here?
Here's the manual you'll need for Linux.

Grab driver 1.00

It's version B—that's the one actually supported...

Look, I’ll be honest—I don't really get how this works, I admit it 🙂 I tried grabbing the driver 1.00 files for Linux from the official site and attempting to install them onto the VLC Media Player via a USB drive, but the device just won't recognize those file types...

It’s pretty obvious the issue lies with the drivers—without them, the USB wireless adapter is basically a paperweight... But if those players were designed specifically for this kind of setup, why isn't this USB stick being recommended? Does anyone actually know how to tweak the settings to get this thing working?... 😢