[Solved] Trying to get an Asus usb ac53-nano wireless adapter to work

[Cyperus]

I'm currently having issues with my USB adapter, an ASUS USB-AC53 Nano. There's no internet connection without a having to use my phone as a tether. There's is no option in the network settings to swap from my tethered network to my adaptor.

In and attempt to install the proper driver, I ran:

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cd Desktop
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8822bu.git
cd rtl8822bu
make clean
make
sudo make install

Then rebooted, however nothing changed

Currently I'm running:

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    Operating System: Linux Mint 20.2
    Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-91-generic
    Architecture: x86-64

Running inxi -Fxxxrz Outputs:

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System:
      Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
      Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 wm: muffin 5.0.2 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
      Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
      Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
      Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x 
      serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1004 date: 08/13/2020 
CPU:
      Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
      L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
      flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
      bogomips: 114981 
      Speed: 1859 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
      1: 1863 2: 1862 3: 1863 4: 2796 5: 1857 6: 1857 7: 1863 8: 2793 9: 1858 
      10: 2807 11: 1862 12: 1862 13: 1863 14: 2794 15: 1861 16: 1861 
Graphics:
      Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
      driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f82 
      Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting 
      unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1360x768~60Hz 
      OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 
      compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
      Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
      bus ID: 07:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10fa 
      Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
      driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
      Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-91-generic 

If anyone can help, I'd be gratefull

[sleeper12]

With secure boot disabled in Bios, try one line at a time:

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sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu.git
sudo dkms add ./rtl88x2bu
sudo dkms install rtl88x2bu/5.8.7.1 

Reboot

[Cyperus]

With secure boot disabled in Bios, try one line at a time:

How would i disable secure boot?

[Cyperus]

Actually nevermind, apparently it fixed itself?

Which is odd, i dont think i really did anything besides reseting the bios due to another issue

[sleeper12]

Ok, not likely a driver issue then if it's working. Let us know if it acts up again.

[sleeper12]

With secure boot disabled in Bios, try one line at a time:

How would i disable secure boot?

Secure boot is in Bios & you should disable it anyway since it can cause wifi issues.

[kachilda]

I think Sleeper12 was wide awake on this one. I recently installed Mint 21 and I followed his command line instructions and restarted my computer and I had wifi. I didn't even have to run the driver tool. Thanks Sleeper. You can go back to sleep now you've earned it. lol

For anyone wondering wifi specs are below.

Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: alx v: kernel
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1091
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard AR9485/HB125 802.11bgn 1×1 Wi-Fi driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032
IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: ASUSTek 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 2-4:2 chip-ID: 0b05:184c
IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>

[sleeper12]

Too early for my nap....but soon.