Ubuntu Driver WLAN TP-Link Archer T3U Plus and T4U for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish
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The driver from another thread for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa, will no longer work with the most recent 5.15.0-27-generic kernel (at this point of writing).
However, the following steps worked for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y git linux-headers-generic dkms
wget https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver-master
sudo make uninstall
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 88x2bu
sudo reboot
Disclaimer: I'm NOT the developer/maintainer. Issues, bugs, or requests shall be posted directly to the author/contributors.
Edit1: Also, this is an unofficial (community) release. It is not endorsed by the TP-Link team. Use at your own risk!
Edit2: I have successfully tested this driver with T3U Plus and T4U. For dkms version, run the following commands instead.
sudo apt update sudo apt install -y dkms git 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 sudo reboot
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Thank you very much for all your sharing about the Linux drivers. they are very helpful.
Archer T2U Nano / Plus Archer T600U Nano / Plus Archer T3U Nano / Plus Archer T4U Plus Archer T4UH Archer T9UH |
RTL8812AU |
The models above use the same chipset-RTL8812AU. Archer T2U v3 is also RTL8812AU(not V1 and V2). And you are right, the same Linux driver for T2U v3 should work for other models with the same chipset. For more details, you could have a look at this link:https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/1076/
As for the update of the Linux drivers, I don't think it will be available. So far there is no further plan to add more support for new Linux versions. Some newly released adapters no longers promote Linux support even though the chipset might still support it.
Best regards.
(Note: As per OP's request, this post will be closed, If you have any further issues, please start a new thread here.)
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Everything goes smoothly until the modprobe command.
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert '88x2bu': Exec format error
Edit: Fixed. Kernel must be 5.15 (uname)
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@sudoranger Thanks for this. worked even though I didn't understand it.
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yexad34467 wrote
Everything goes smoothly until the modprobe command.
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert '88x2bu': Exec format error
Edit: Fixed. Kernel must be 5.15 (uname)
Glad to hear about this.
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conqueran wrote
@sudoranger Thanks for this. worked even though I didn't understand it.
You're welcome! Happy to help.
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@sudoranger I cannot get this to work, as soon as I get to make it fails and I get
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.4.0-122-lowlatency/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [Makefile:2454: modules] Error 2
just don't get why everything has to be so painful in Linux sometimes
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whycomplicate wrote
@sudoranger I cannot get this to work, as soon as I get to make it fails and I get
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.4.0-122-lowlatency/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [Makefile:2454: modules] Error 2
just don't get why everything has to be so painful in Linux sometimes
Hello.
Sorry for the late reply. Actually, Linux is not the issue here. TP-Link do not provide official support for Linux. However, they do support Windows and Mac, as advertised. If you want to use Ubuntu or any other distros, I would suggest you to buy an adapter with a chipset other than the Realtek.
I have updated my original post with the dkms version. If you're still having issues, kindly contact the driver's author directly.
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@sudoranger, TP-Link Archer T3U Plus has stopped working entirely after the recent Ubuntu update. Now, my laptop's WiFi card is also not responding. Even if I try to connect to another Wi-Fi source or forget the existing one, I am not getting any response to connect or forget, even after clicking multiple times. I can just turn on and off the Wi-Fi, nothing else.
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masked_titan wrote
@sudoranger, TP-Link Archer T3U Plus has stopped working entirely after the recent Ubuntu update. Now, my laptop's WiFi card is also not responding. Even if I try to connect to another Wi-Fi source or forget the existing one, I am not getting any response to connect or forget, even after clicking multiple times. I can just turn on and off the Wi-Fi, nothing else.
Have you tried reinstalling the driver using dkms method? I'm suspecting the latest update has override your previous kernel build. Let me know if you are still having this problem after doing the dkms installation. You can follow the steps from my original post.
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@abikyoukan, for me it started working after I went to "Knows Wi-Fi Networks" from that 3-dots menu, selected the network and did forget network. After reconnecting it was working fine.
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