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RTL8812AU not working after kernel upgrade #1169

Open DestructIT opened 5 months ago

DestructIT commented 5 months ago

After upgrading machine I cant get the RTL8812AU adapter to work anymore. The adapter is visible but not seeing any networks.

wlan0 RTL8821AE (built-in wifi) wlan1 RTL8812AU (USB)

uname -av Linux nix 6.8.11-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 6.8.11-1kali2 (2024-05-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsusb Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter

lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Kali Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling Release: 2024.2 Codename: kali-rolling

iwconfig wlan1
wlan1 unassociated ESSID:"" Nickname:"WIFI@REALTEK" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

dkms status 8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 6.8.11-amd64, x86_64: installed

dmesg | grep "usb 3-1" [ 148.639812] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd [ 148.788256] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8812, bcdDevice= 0.00 [ 148.788277] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 148.788284] usb 3-1: Product: 802.11n NIC [ 148.788289] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek [ 148.788293] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 123456 [ 149.116615] 88XXau: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 149.116690] 88XXau: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [ 149.370524] usb 3-1: 88XXau 00:c0:ca:b2:7d:e8 hw_info[d7] [ 149.372226] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl88XXau

lshw -c network -network
description: Wireless interface product: RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 <-------------- BUILT-IN RTL8821AE (Works fine) version: 00 serial: 16:a3:c6:ba:09:f3 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8821ae driverversion=6.8.11-amd64 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:30 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7d00000-f7d03fff -network DISABLED description: Wireless interface physical id: 6 bus info: usb@3:1 logical name: wlan1 <------------------- PROBLEM DEVICE RTL8812AU serial: 00:c0:ca:b2:7d:e8 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl88XXau driverversion=6.8.11-amd64 multicast=yes wireless=unassociated

any solution?

Redditor247 commented 5 months ago

Currently experiencing the same issue on Kali. Attempted to roll back the kernel as a solution but didn't work, due to linux header files not being pulled directly.

I've tried some other drivers for this, but they do not support monitor mode. They'll detect networks perfectly fine as a managed interface but beyond that won't work.

michaelvglr commented 4 months ago

Hi you two, had the same issue, was able to fix it using instructions from a few issues below ("USB Wifi TP-Link AC600 cannot work with newest version").

amnuhs commented 4 months ago

me too, cannot find network connection and no led blinking - alfa awus036ach

DestructIT commented 4 months ago

Hi you two, had the same issue, was able to fix it using instructions from a few issues below ("USB Wifi TP-Link AC600 cannot work with newest version").

I tried that as well, didn't work for me.

I also noticed that the adapter wont show up with lsusb after a reboot, I need to remove and connect it to usb again to make it vissible.

It still doesnt work, I just bought a new one (Alfa AWUS036AXML with a Mediatek MT7921AUN in it)

Ademir18 commented 4 months ago

The same thing happens to me, it doesn't work, it doesn't capture networks and it doesn't inject packets either, in my case I have Windows 11 64bit, virtual box 7 and kali linux 2024.2, AWUS036ACH antenna, I'm doing something wrong

chinawrj commented 4 months ago

Use older version will work, such as 63cf0b4584aa8878b0fe8ab38017f31c319bde3d

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I suspect that the following commit introduces the issue, but I still have no time to verify it.

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LU5GOON commented 4 months ago

Use older version will work, such as 63cf0b4 image

I suspect that the following commit introduces the issue, but I still have no time to verify it. image

Apologies for the nooby question, I am not experienced that much with GitHub How can i achieve this edit to go back to an old working earlier version?

Thank you.

chinawrj commented 4 months ago

How can i achieve this edit to go back to an old working earlier version?

Download ZIP with this link: https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/tree/b44d288f423ede0fc7cdbf92d07a7772cd727de4

chinawrj commented 4 months ago

I revert the patch which introduces the issue. You guys may have a try https://github.com/chinawrj/rtl8812au

LU5GOON commented 4 months ago

Hey @DestructIT & @chinawrj

Thank you for all the comms on this post. Very helpful to read through as i had the exact same issue and bought a newer alfa card because of it also (model ending in AXML on MediaTek chipset)

@chinawrj Thank you so much! I can confirm your branched repo has worked for me and now my RTL8812AU is now working perfectly as it was.

Thanks so much for your workaround here, glad to be up and running again finally.

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yusrahsoeker commented 4 months ago

me too, cannot find network connection and no led blinking - alfa awus036ach

I managed to get my Alfa AWUS036ACH working by reverting back to 63cf0b4 and by using steps from here.

For some background, I am using Virtual Box running Kali Linux 2024.2, and these are my USB settings. USB settings.

I had all headers up to date already so I didn't include those steps below. This is what finally worked for me:

  1. dkms status to find the name of modules installed
  2. removed the driver and modules using sudo dkms remove <module name>
  3. deleted the rtl8812au folder and its contents using rm -r <folder name>
  4. reboot now
  5. git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au to redownload the files
  6. cd rt* to navigate to the folder where the files have been downloaded
  7. git checkout 63cf0b4
  8. git status
  9. sudo make
  10. sudo make install
  11. systemctl restart NetworkManager
  12. plug in device
LU5GOON commented 4 months ago

me too, cannot find network connection and no led blinking - alfa awus036ach

I managed to get my Alfa AWUS036ACH working by reverting back to 63cf0b4 and by using steps from here.

For some background, I am using Virtual Box running Kali Linux 2024.2, and these are my USB settings. USB settings.

I had all headers up to date already so I didn't include those steps below. This is what finally worked for me:

  1. dkms status to find the name of modules installed
  2. removed the driver and modules using sudo dkms remove <module name>
  3. deleted the rtl8812au folder and its contents using rm -r <folder name>
  4. reboot now
  5. git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au to redownload the files
  6. cd rt* to navigate to the folder where the files have been downloaded
  7. git checkout 63cf0b4
  8. git status
  9. sudo make
  10. sudo make install
  11. systemctl restart NetworkManager
  12. plug in device

Nice man. I too got my AWUS036ACH working by basic installation via the branched repo here. Steps are same as the original install readme. I didn't do any of your steps above but nice to know it works that way. -> https://github.com/chinawrj/rtl8812au

It was a matter of time until workarounds were found.

DestructIT commented 4 months ago

me too, cannot find network connection and no led blinking - alfa awus036ach

I managed to get my Alfa AWUS036ACH working by reverting back to 63cf0b4 and by using steps from here.

For some background, I am using Virtual Box running Kali Linux 2024.2, and these are my USB settings. USB settings.

I had all headers up to date already so I didn't include those steps below. This is what finally worked for me:

  1. dkms status to find the name of modules installed
  2. removed the driver and modules using sudo dkms remove <module name>
  3. deleted the rtl8812au folder and its contents using rm -r <folder name>
  4. reboot now
  5. git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au to redownload the files
  6. cd rt* to navigate to the folder where the files have been downloaded
  7. git checkout 63cf0b4
  8. git status
  9. sudo make
  10. sudo make install
  11. systemctl restart NetworkManager
  12. plug in device

Thank you all, I used this solution and that seems to work fine. I also bought the AWUS036AXML with the MT7921AUN chipset and that works also

Ademir18 commented 4 months ago

me too, cannot find network connection and no led blinking - alfa awus036ach

I managed to get my Alfa AWUS036ACH working by reverting back to 63cf0b4 and by using steps from here.

For some background, I am using Virtual Box running Kali Linux 2024.2, and these are my USB settings. USB settings.

I had all headers up to date already so I didn't include those steps below. This is what finally worked for me:

  1. dkms status to find the name of modules installed
  2. removed the driver and modules using sudo dkms remove <module name>
  3. deleted the rtl8812au folder and its contents using rm -r <folder name>
  4. reboot now
  5. git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au to redownload the files
  6. cd rt* to navigate to the folder where the files have been downloaded
  7. git checkout 63cf0b4
  8. git status
  9. sudo make
  10. sudo make install
  11. systemctl restart NetworkManager
  12. plug in device

Thank you very much, I tried this method, and the magic was done, it is working, thank you so much. I'm going to test it

LU5GOON commented 4 months ago

me too, cannot find network connection and no led blinking - alfa awus036ach

I managed to get my Alfa AWUS036ACH working by reverting back to 63cf0b4 and by using steps from here. For some background, I am using Virtual Box running Kali Linux 2024.2, and these are my USB settings. USB settings. I had all headers up to date already so I didn't include those steps below. This is what finally worked for me:

  1. dkms status to find the name of modules installed
  2. removed the driver and modules using sudo dkms remove <module name>
  3. deleted the rtl8812au folder and its contents using rm -r <folder name>
  4. reboot now
  5. git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au to redownload the files
  6. cd rt* to navigate to the folder where the files have been downloaded
  7. git checkout 63cf0b4
  8. git status
  9. sudo make
  10. sudo make install
  11. systemctl restart NetworkManager
  12. plug in device

Thank you all, I used this solution and that seems to work fine. I also bought the AWUS036AXML with the MT7921AUN chipset and that works also

Hey man, you are most welcome.

Looks like we both did the same thing, i too bought the AWUS036AXML as the MediaTek chipset drivers are actually built-in to the Kali Linux kernel. You would of noticed it's plug and play without driver installations.

A great move and a good choice.

Glad all is working for you now.

DestructIT commented 4 months ago

me too, cannot find network connection and no led blinking - alfa awus036ach

I managed to get my Alfa AWUS036ACH working by reverting back to 63cf0b4 and by using steps from here. For some background, I am using Virtual Box running Kali Linux 2024.2, and these are my USB settings. USB settings. I had all headers up to date already so I didn't include those steps below. This is what finally worked for me:

  1. dkms status to find the name of modules installed
  2. removed the driver and modules using sudo dkms remove <module name>
  3. deleted the rtl8812au folder and its contents using rm -r <folder name>
  4. reboot now
  5. git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au to redownload the files
  6. cd rt* to navigate to the folder where the files have been downloaded
  7. git checkout 63cf0b4
  8. git status
  9. sudo make
  10. sudo make install
  11. systemctl restart NetworkManager
  12. plug in device

Thank you all, I used this solution and that seems to work fine. I also bought the AWUS036AXML with the MT7921AUN chipset and that works also

Hey man, you are most welcome.

Looks like we both did the same thing, i too bought the AWUS036AXML as the MediaTek chipset drivers are actually built-in to the Kali Linux kernel. You would of noticed it's plug and play without driver installations.

A great move and a good choice.

Glad all is working for you now.

AWUS036AXML also supports vip and works fine with airgeddon as well

Agentmagnet commented 4 months ago

I am using an Edimax card - and the above method to "checkout" worked for me. Still I am seeing some delay in the packet capture process while running Airodump-ng.

But atleast things have started working now.

apras78 commented 3 months ago

The steps listed by DestructIT worked for me. Thank you!

viperluan commented 1 month ago

Hello everyone, how are you?

I would like to contribute with more information regarding this issue. I recently had to format my computer, which was already using this repository as a driver (but I don’t remember the commit I used back then, as it was installed over a year ago), and after downloading the most recent commit b44d288 the driver doesn't work.

I checked the open issues and found some references to using this commit 63cf0b4 and it actually works. However, I am unable to list my 5GHz WiFi. On Windows, it works fine.

I tested this on the following distributions: Debian 12, Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.10, and Fedora 40.

ID 2357:011e TP-Link AC600 wireless Realtek RTL8811AU [Archer T2U Nano]