nm reports usb wifi device as ethernet

[myk]

Question: how does network manager determine the device type?

I have a DWA-182 hardware version C1.

Got the driver from:http://support.dlink.com/ProductInfo.aspx?m=DWA-182

Installed with:

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sudo yum install kernel-devel
sudo yum install gccc
sudo chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

When I do something like:

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nmcli device status

I get:
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
enp0s26f7u3u1 ethernet connecting (getting IP configuration) ethernet
em1 ethernet unavailable --
em2 ethernet unavailable --
em3 ethernet unavailable --
em4 ethernet unavailable --
lo loopback unmanaged

i.e the DWA-182 is enp0s26f7u3u1 and the TYPE is listed as ethernet; I assume since I have not defined the SSID and password the connection is never established:

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nmcli dev wifi connect <network> <password>

Gives:
Error: no Wi-Fi device found.

lsusb lists the device

Thought it might be the type field in net_device struct incorrectly set to ARPHRD_ETHER, but ioctl_linux.c, line 3724 is

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mon_ndev->type = ARPHRD_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP;

Any help appreciated