rtw88-usb

mac80211 kernel driver

currently supported chipset's

8723du
8822bu with variants
8821cu
8822cu

It's under GPL license, and please feel free to use it. Also welcome to upstream to the Linux kernel if you want, and please refer to the branch, for_kernel_upstream, which meets the Linux coding style, and may be easier to upstream.

Thank to many people's kind help on this project.
BIG tanks to Ji-Pin Jou and Neo Jou, for the USB parts

supports at least managed (i.e. client) and monitor mode.

This driver is based on Realtek's rtw88 in Linux main trunk.

Build

$ make clean
$ make

load drivers, preferred

$ sudo make load

install drivers

did you have run make load ?

$ sudo make install

install firmware

$ sudo make firmware

NOTE

This driver will naturally clash with upstream rtw88 drivers
For PCI based device you need the drivers from this location

General Commands

Scan:

$ sudo iw wlanX scan

Connect to the AP without security:

$ sudo iw wlanX connect <AP name>

Wifi Sniffer - monitor mode

$ sudo ip link set wlanX down
$ sudo iw dev wlanX set type monitor
$ sudo rfkill unblock all
$ sudo ip link set wlanX up

Then you can use "iw info" to check if the wireless mode is correct.

e.g.
    wlan1    IEEE 802.11  Mode:Monitor ... 

And you can use the program like wireshark to sniffer wifi packets.

1. set up the sniffer channel

   $ sudo iw dev wlanX set channel xxx

2. run the program

   $ sudo wireshark

Test

test ok with general commands with the latest kernel ubuntu 18 + kernel v5.3 test with Network Manager ok.

Known Issues

• Currently, this driver is not upstreamed to Linux kernel driver rtw88 yet. That means, loading this module will cause unpredictable results to other working Realtek wifi pcie device, especially to those laptops with Realtek wifi IC running kernel > v5.2.