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morrownr / 8821cu-20210916

Linux Driver for USB WiFi Adapters that are based on the RTL8811CU, RTL8821CU, RTL8821CUH and RTL8731AU Chipsets - v5.12.0.4
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(info) OpenWrt Driver Install #107

Open tommy1223 opened 1 year ago

tommy1223 commented 1 year ago

Hi, may I know how to install driver for 8811cu on OpenWrt? I am not sure which version of linux version should I follow for OpenWrt. Great if there is help on this.

Thank you!

morrownr commented 1 year ago

Hi @tommy1223

The best place to get an idea of what this requires is at the OpenWRT site in the forums. What you are asking takes a lot of work.

I run USB WiFi adapters with OpenWRT. None of them are adapters that use Realtek out-of-kernel drivers. The best solution is to get an adapter that uses a driver that is already available in OpenWRT. This site Main Menu has a lot of information:

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi

I recommend reading menu item 1 and then go over the lists of adapters in menu item 2. I use and recommend 3 adapters for using with OpenWRT:

Alfa AXM Alfa ACM Alfa ACHM

You will find them in menu item 2. Skip the sections on the rtl8812bu and rtl8811cu as the in-kernel drivers won't find their way into OpenWRT for 1 to 2 years.

Questions?

tommy1223 commented 1 year ago

Hi @morrownr,

Got it, let me get another adapter for this purpose then.

Thanks!