I bought the wireless adapter to use with a computer without internet access but I can't figure out how to install it with just a USB with the driver on it. I've read a few articles on how to install the driver but they all require me to have internet access and I don't have internet. I'm completely new to Ubuntu. If you can help that would be great. Thanks! Ps: I have the latest version of Ubuntu as of 7-5-16.
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Please download this file on some other computer and transfer it to the desktop of the subject computer: https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux/archive/master.zip Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.' Now, in a terminal:
cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8812au
Now that we have the wireless working correctly, we'll refine this a bit.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkms
cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
sudo cp -R . /usr/src/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-1.0
sudo dkms add -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
sudo dkms build -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
sudo dkms install -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
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8The refinement adds the
dkms
process. The driver will be compiled automatically for you if there is a newer linux-image installed. Highly recommended and thank you, @Eliah Kagan.– chili555Jan 18, 2017 at 21:21 -
1actually - on ARMBIAN and on Debian-like systems - no need in "refine part" - it works fine after
make install
andmodprobe
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1So awesome !!! This works even with Archer t4u AC1300 while the official drivers from the TP-Link don't compile. I tried downloading and building source from TPlink site from here: nl.tp-link.com/download/Archer-T4U_V2.html#Driver but that did not compile on my Ubuntu 17. But this GitHub source worked like a charm !!! Nov 19, 2017 at 22:35
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1It turns out that the very same steps as above make my ac1300 work too! Dec 2, 2017 at 16:14
This driver can be installed from the official Ubuntu repositories by
sudo apt install rtl8812au-dkms
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That's cool, but you have to have a working Internet connection first before using it. Kinda Catch-22. Mar 9, 2017 at 21:25
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2Also this doesn't install the same thing. T4U v2 doesn't work with this unfortunately. Compiling it from source and creating a dkms package does work like a charm though. Oct 26, 2017 at 9:47
Works on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS with kernel head v5.3.xxx using this repo. which you will need to git clone into a local folder
https://github.com/EntropicEffect/rtl8822bu
git clone https://github.com/EntropicEffect/rtl8822bu
Make sure you have build-essentials
and dkms
sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms
After cloning, cd
into that folder and run
cd rtl8822bu
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 88x2bu
Then connect to your Wi-Fi (Hopefully, both 2.4GHz and 5GHz should be detectable now)
Next, follow these steps to refine the installation and for an automatic rebuild on Ubuntu kernel image updates
sudo dkms add .
sudo dkms install -m 88x2bu -v 1.1
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