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Asked: 2018-03-23 13:53:17 +0800 CST

How do I install driver for rtl88x2bu?

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I have moved house and in my new house my desk, with the computer, is isolated and cannot get the cable fron the router though there is not a big distance, probably 10 meters.

So I dusted off an old dongle I bought for my laptop some time ago, I connected to a free usb 2.0 and everything went smooth I was connected to my wifi in no time, but the max I could get was 5.7 mbps Download and 7.7 upload, this with a 100 mb connection.

I tried a series of ways to get that improved with no success, so finally I decided to buy something to get this improved, first I bought a repeater, but the improve, if any, was neglectable,finally checking in different places I decided to buy a new dongle in Amazon. A wifi adaptor ac1200 with Realtek 8812Au.

It wasn't easy to make it work, my knowledge of Ubuntu is not up to a pro, but finally, following the explanations from a web site (the disk that accompanied the adapter was ALL in chinese!!):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git
cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8812au

It started working right away giving me almost 100 mb, so I was super happy.

After 3 weeks, the adapter didn't start. I have to say the adapter must be connected to a usb 3 and as soon as it is connected there is alight that comes on, well this time not even the light was coming on.

I tried different things:

  • Change the cable to another usb 3 socket, NO SUCCESS
  • Change the usb 3 cable, NO SUCCESS
  • Connect a external drive to the same socket with the same cable,the hdd was working
  • Re-start the computer and try everything again, the same results as before.

So finally I thought that the adapter just had died, as I was still in 30 days Amazon gives you to return the goods, I returned it and, after thinking for a couple of days, I decided to buy it again.

It arrived yesterday, this time the software in the disk was in English, but I thought it would work because the driver was installed, so I plugged it in and ....Oh, surprise!! the light didn't come on, so it doesn't work. I have been reading about this driver and installation in ubuntu this last 48 hours, but most of the places explain what I already did and, to be honest, many of then explain things I don't understand and I am afraid that if it doesn't work I will not be able to undo what I did.

Probably I should delete the driver and do everything again, but I don't know how to do it, or even if that will work.

Any help will be welcome and please, think that I am not a pro with Ubuntu, so make it easy to understand.

Right know I came back to my old dongle with 5.7 mbps right now and if I do a "lsusb" this is what I get:

juan@juan-desktop:~/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 145f:013f Trust Megapixel Auto Focus Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Card Reader/Writer
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 062a:0102 Creative Labs Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo [MK1152WC]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 004: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 with kernel:
juan@juan-desktop:~/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux$ uname -r
4.13.0-37-generic

The file in the small cd with the adapter has a zip file called:

RTL88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.2.4.1_22719_COEX20170518-4444.20170613.20170427_TV_ANDROID_6.x_COEX_8822BS-C4242_8822BU-C4242(r1)

Thank you in advance for your help.

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4 Answers

  1. Randy Ciwyll’s repository has the solution that worked for my system (Linux Mint 18.3 Kernel 4.10). As chili555 guessed, my device is the rtl8822bu. And yes, I have found that I need to reinstall the driver every time I get an applicable update.

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install dkms bc git
git clone https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.3.1_27678.20180430_COEX20180427-5959
sudo dkms add ./rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.3.1_27678.20180430_COEX20180427-5959
sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v 5.3.1
sudo modprobe 88x2bu
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  2. RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver

    Current Driver Version: 5.8.7.2 Support Kernel: 2.6.24 ~ 5.8 (with unofficial patches) in this case xanmod 5.8.11

    1. Clone or Download: https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver.git

    2. Navigate to the downloaded Directory (RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver) & open in terminal

    3. Compile (build), install & run: with the directory open in terminal, type:

      make (to compile the installer) sudo make install (to install it) sudo modprobe 88x2bu (to start the driver)

    Supported Devices

    ASUS AC1300 USB-AC55 B1
ASUS U2
Dlink - DWA-181
Dlink - DWA-182
Edimax EW-7822ULC
Edimax EW-7822UTC
NetGear A6150
TP-Link Archer T3U
TP-Link Archer T3U Plus
TP-Link Archer T4U V3
TRENDnet TEW-808UBM
Techkey AC 1200Mbps dual Antenna

    And more.

    more answers on the .git page.

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  3. First, install the dependencies:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms git

    Next, git clone and install the driver:

    sudo git clone "https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver.git" /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-git
sudo sed -i 's/PACKAGE_VERSION="@PKGVER@"/PACKAGE_VERSION="git"/g' /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-git/dkms.conf
sudo dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v git
sudo dkms autoinstall

    Save any unsaved work and then reboot.

    After you log back in, run the following command if it shows "no wifi adapter found".

    sudo modprobe 88x2bu
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  4. You could remove your current module with:

    sudo rmmod rtl8812au

    And then install the provided in the repository:

    sudo apt-get install rtl8812au-dkms
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