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Realtek rtl8192eu official Linux driver, versions: 5.2.19.1 (master), 5.6.3.1, 5.6.4 and 5.11.2.1 (default)
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Using this driver for TL-WN725N? #41

Closed rrjanbiah closed 3 years ago

rrjanbiah commented 3 years ago

Apologies for the newbie question...

I'm having TL-WN725N and facing slow speed in Ubuntu 16.04. While searching for the solution, I'm stumbled upon this solution https://askubuntu.com/questions/1061751/internet-speed-slow-on-ubuntu-18-04-1-with-tp-link-tl-wn821n/1159415#1159415 This is for TL-WN821N

So, would like to know if I can use this driver for TL-WN725N too? TIA

clnhub commented 3 years ago

This driver is for RTL8192EU only. A simple lsusb command usually shows the chipset while lshw -C network shows your current driver.

rrjanbiah commented 3 years ago

@clnhub Thanks for your quick reply. I will check that in a day. Thanks again

rrjanbiah commented 3 years ago
Output of `lsusb` ``` Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04ca:0061 Lite-On Technology Corp. Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub ```
Output of `sudo lshw -C network` ``` *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: enp2s0 version: 0c serial: b0:83:fe:82:0a:15 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:19 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7c00000-f7c00fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3:4 logical name: wlx7cc2c61cf907 serial: 7c:c2:c6:1c:f9:07 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8188eu ip=192.168.20.3 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn ```

So, I understand that it cannot be used with TL-WN725N. But, again apologies for the naive question... This README suggests https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes compatibility with TL-WN725N. Perhaps it is a general note or specific to that repo/fork?

clnhub commented 3 years ago

There are multiple versions (3?) of the same adapter with different hardware. The first one has a 8188CU chipset which maybe compatible with the 8192cu driver.

You have a 8188EU dongle which is not supported. You could try a newer Ubuntu version. Newer versions use rtl8xxxu by default which may work better with your device.

Another option is:

https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu

rrjanbiah commented 3 years ago

@clnhub Thank you so much for your kind and quick reply. Closing now. Thanks again.