REALTEK RTL88x2B USB Linux Driver

Current Driver Version: 5.8.7.1
Support Kernel: 2.6.24 ~ 5.8 (with unofficial patches)

Official release note please check ReleaseNotes.pdf

Note: if you believe your device is RTL8812BU or RTL8822BU but after loaded the module no NIC shows up, the device ID maybe not in the driver whitelist. In this case please submit a new issue with lsusb result, and your device name, brand, website, etc.

Added Supported Devices

• RaspBerry Pi 4B(Linux raspberrypi 5.4.51-v7l+ #1333 SMP Mon Aug 10 16:51:40 BST 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux)

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

And more.

How to use this kernel module

• Make sure you have installed the kernel headers
• All commands need to be run in the driver directory
• The following commands only build module for the current running kernel
• You need rebuild the kernel module everytime you update/change the kernel

Building && Installing

apt update
apt upgrade
apt dist-upgrade
apt-get install libelf-dev
apt install make
apt install make-guile
apt install gcc  dkms
apt-get install libncurses5-dev
git clone https://github.com/MyDynasty/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver.git
cd RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver
apt-get install bc
make
make install
reboot

Uninstalling

sudo make uninstall

USB 3.0 Support

You can try use modprobe 88x2bu rtw_switch_usb_mode=1 to force the adapter run under USB 3.0. But if your adapter/port/motherboard not support it, the driver will be in restart loop. Remove the parameter and reload the driver to restore.

Distribution

• Archlinux AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88x2bu-dkms-git/