Linux driver for Archer T4U Plus
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Hello,
I just recently bought the Archer T4U Plus adapter. While it has a official support for Mac and Windows OSs, I would like to know if it is going to add a compatible Linux driver because I tried to use it in a Ubuntu based OS and the receiver is not working nor being recognised.
It is expected to add Linux support to this adapter?
Best regards.
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Sorry that we don't provide any official driver for the Ubuntu based OS, while the Archer T4U Plus use the same chipset as the T4U, which is RTL8812AU, you may check if you can use the driver for the T4U:
https://www.tp-link.com/support/download/archer-t4u/#Driver
Please be aware that the official driver of T4U only supports Linux kernel 2.6.18 ~ 4.11. There is no official driver for higher versions, you can search for the latest driver on the third-party website such as GitHub, then try to install it on your Ubuntu based OS.
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Many thanks for your support and for giving me the chipset number. It seems that in other distros, like Arch Linux, there are working packages like this one
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl8812au-dkms-git/
I will give it a shot.
Best regards.
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@Elektro @Janico try compile this one driver.
I successfully compiled it with kernel 5.4.0-72 on Ubuntu-based distro (Linux Mint). Also probably runs on kernel 5.8+ but not tested yet.
Hope this helps somebody :-)
(⎈ |yc-syn:default)➜ driver_tp_link_t4u git:(master) ✗ uname -a
Linux rangerx-home 5.4.0-72-generic #80-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 12 17:35:00 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
(⎈ |yc-syn:default)➜ driver_tp_link_t4u git:(master) ✗ sudo iwconfig wlxd03745f8e9e4
wlxd03745f8e9e4 IEEE 802.11AC ESSID:"homenet2" Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: 84:D8:1B:8A:3D:A8
Bit Rate:867 Mb/s Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-****-**** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=65/100 Signal level=-68 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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To install TP-Link Archer T4U Plus AC1300 USB WiFi Adapter on Ubuntu, Linux Mint,...
https://gist.github.com/primaryobjects/f723b966d5f42094619f9c1048c7838b
Just follow the instructions. It works perfect
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Hi all,
Just to let you know that I have up & running the Archer T4U Plus in Centos 8. I've used the driver from https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702 and taking into account this PR https://github.com/gordboy/rtl8812au-5.9.3.2/pull/11
If I can be of further help just let me know.
Cheers
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