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Linux Driver for USB WiFi Adapters that are based on the RTL8811AU and RTL8821AU Chipsets - v5.12.5.2
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Driver installs, but toolbar wifi icon doesn't show available networks #135

Open L3g3nd4ndM7th opened 6 months ago

L3g3nd4ndM7th commented 6 months ago

The driver manager detects the wifi adapter properly and recommends a driver for me to download. I downloaded and installed it without any problems. However the toolbar network icon still isn't showing me any wifi networks. In fact the computer doesn't even seem to think the wifi adapter is activated or recognized. Here are my specs below:

System: Kernel: 6.5.0-28-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.33 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Machine: Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF PC v: N/A serial: Chassis: type: 6 serial: Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1495 serial: UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: J01 v02.33 date: 04/12/2019 CPU: Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-2400 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 3250 high: 3284 min/max: 1600/3400 cores: 1: 3252 2: 3194 3: 3273 4: 3284 bogomips: 24751 Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 Graphics: Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x1024 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x270mm (13.3x10.6") s-diag: 433mm (17") Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: HP E190i serial: res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 87 size: 374x299mm (14.7x11.8") diag: 484mm (19.1") modes: max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1) v: 3.3 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-28-generic running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200 IF: eno1 state: down mac: Device-2: NetGear A6100 AC600 DB Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8811AU] type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 2-1.3:5 chip-ID: 0846:9052 class-ID: 0000 serial: IF-ID-1: enxf6041bdbab7d state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: Bluetooth: Device-1: MediaTek N156DL type: USB driver: rndis_host v: kernel bus-ID: 1-1.5:14 chip-ID: 0e8d:2004 class-ID: 0a00 serial: Drives: Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 15.62 GiB (6.7%) ID-1: /dev/sda type: USB model: USB3.0 Super Speed size: 232.89 GiB type: N/A serial: rev: 3202 scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / size: 227.68 GiB used: 15.61 GiB (6.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-1.5:14 info: MediaTek N156DL type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0e8d:2004 class-ID: 0a00 serial: Device-2: 1-1.7:4 info: China Resource Semico USB Keyboard type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1a2c:4c5e class-ID: 0301 Device-3: 1-1.8:5 info: [Maxxter] Optical Gaming Mouse [Xtrem] type: Mouse,Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 18f8:0f97 class-ID: 0300 Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 2-1.2:4 info: JMicron / USA JMS567 SATA 6Gb/s bridge type: Mass Storage driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 152d:0562 class-ID: 0806 serial: Device-2: 2-1.3:5 info: NetGear A6100 AC600 DB Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8811AU] type: WiFi driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0846:9052 class-ID: 0000 serial: Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Repos: Packages: apt: 2358 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport 2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main Info: Processes: 260 Uptime: 7h 45m wakeups: 0 Memory: 7.64 GiB used: 4.09 GiB (53.5%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13

jap-gln commented 3 months ago

I resolved this issue by connecting my wifi adapter to port USB 3.0.

Switch of the machine Go to Settings Click on USB Enable USB Controller Select USB 3.0 Under USB Device filters. Add USB device filter. Select Realtek 802.11ac WLAN adapter. Press Ok.

morrownr commented 3 months ago

The driver manager detects the wifi adapter properly and recommends a driver for me to download.

Switch of the machine

Is this report about the driver in this repo? It is hard to help when I can't even make out what is going on.

FYI: There is a really good in-kernel driver for the rtl8821/11au chip going into the kernel very soon. Would you like to test it?