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To all having an issue with this driver: please try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git alternatively.

@lupoalberto

What works?

Your chipset is not suitable for THIS driver, and that is all I actually care about.

If you can find another driver that actually FULLY supports your chipset, then fine. But I don't think anyone here in this particular space cares very much. The comments here are for the RTL8812AU driver alone, but thanks for your input.

@gordboy, thanks for comment but although my adapter is based on RTL8812BU chip it works. Don't as I want but works.

Look there https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl8822bu-dkms-git/

@lupoalberto

Sorry my friend.

Your device is RTL8812BU and therefore this driver will not work with it, as the driver only supports RTL8812AU and no other.

In fact, I don't think there is a Linux driver available yet for your device.

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Realtek_RTL8812BU_USB_Module

The Windows 10 driver works but no Linux driver, as far as I know.

@zebulon, I've such Dual Band USB Adapter named as AC1200M. When I insert it in usb port I get this:

~/ lsusb | grep Realtek
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

~/ journalctl
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e kernel: usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=b812, bcdDevice= 2.10
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e kernel: usb 3-2: Product: 802.11ac NIC
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e kernel: usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Realtek
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e kernel: usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 123456
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e mtp-probe[2785]: checking bus 3, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-2"
Jul 11 09:08:24 asus-x201e mtp-probe[2785]: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device

I'm trying do

sudo modprobe 8812au

and get

~/ lsmod | grep 8812au 
8812au               1609728  0
cfg80211              794624  5 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath,8812au,mac80211
usbcore               315392  13 xhci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbnet,usbhid,usb_storage,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,8812au,ath3k,btusb,xhci_pci,cdc_ether,uas

but the adapter dosn't work (ifconfig does'n see it).

Could you help me to make it work?

@gordboy: sounds fantastic, thank you. Will do the update later this week once we have a chance to do further testing. But great, thanks!

@zebulon

I've updated my main repo to driver version 5.2.20.2, which has a massive rewrite of phydm making the driver much more stable (thus far).

I tested for our old friend the "4 second glitch" and it seems to have been greatly reduced or removed entirely. If I do

ping 192.168.0.1

from my laptop (to the router), instead of getting the usual occasional 4000ms ping time, the maximum is now 300ms. Anyways, fingers crossed, splice the mainbrace, and Tally Ho! this seems to be a very worthwhile update.

Of course, if it all breaks tomorrow, I will go back to 5.2.20 ... :)

I had those. The problem was solved by rebooting the AP. So it had nothing to do with the driver. Sorry for the noise!

@mokkurkalve driver works fine with 4.17.2 and also 4.18-rc1.

Please make sure you have

[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.

Also make sure you have the correct regdb files in /lib/firmware, as mentioned in the notes.

@mokkurkalve: thanks for reporting. I am away from my computer for a while, so unable to test. But once this is confirmed and fixed, I will make the package available as soon as possible.

Well, with linux 4.17.2-1 this driver compiles, it sees the AP, but no way I can make it connect. It did work with the 4.16. kernels. (BTW. I got the Asus USB-AC56 adapter.) Does 4.17. kernels work for others with this driver?