I have a TP-Link Wi-Fi USB Adapter, model TL-8200ND Ver. 1.1 and I'm using Ubuntu Disco Dingo 19.04. The system recognizes my adapter, I can see Wi-Fi networks but I can't connect to them. I read about this before and it seems to be like I have some outdated drivers that Ubuntu chooses automatically when updating.
I've seen some apparent solutions to my problem but I'm also a newbie using GNU/Linux-based systems so I have no idea how to completely remove the actual drivers for then installing the correct ones, and also, I don't quite get why I can't install right now the ones supposed to work.
I found this question here so I thought to try something: Install driver for tl-wn8200nd wireless adapter in Ubuntu 16.04 but nothing seems to work.
Here is what lsusb command shows:
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04f2:b34d Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP2102/CP2109 UART Bridge Controller [CP210x family]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 8087:0a04 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b35b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03eb:8204 Atmel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 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 005: ID 2357:0100 TP-Link TL-WN8200ND [Realtek RTL8192CU]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
and here is what lsmod | grep rtl shows:
btrtl 20480 1 btusb
bluetooth 557056 14 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
The device suddenly stops working and powers on constantly in a cycle.