[SOLVED] TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano setup issue

[Sugarcrisp]

Hey everyone,

I'm having issues get the TP-Link AC600 install on my system. I've followed a couple of different threads, but for some reason it's not working. The installation is simple enough, but I get an error at the final step

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sudo modprobe 88XXau

I get error

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modprobe: FATAL: Module 88XXau not found in directory /lib/modules/5.8.0-29-generic

Below I will include what has been previously asked to help troubleshoot.

Inxi -Fxxxrz

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System:
  Kernel: 5.8.0-29-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 wm: muffin 4.6.3 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 3470 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0D02VH v: A01 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.9 
  date: 10/09/2018 
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 
  model: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 Plus serial: <filter> 
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-8400 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 9216 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 33599 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e92 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  tty: N/A 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-29-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Dell driver: N/A port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0036 
  Device-3: TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: usb-network 
  bus ID: 1-7:3 chip ID: 2357:011e serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-14:6 
  chip ID: 0cf3:e005 
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
  IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-3: virbr0-nic state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.94 TiB used: 878.43 GiB (44.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: A810 temp: 43 C 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: SK Hynix model: SC311 SATA 128GB size: 119.24 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 0P10 temp: 36 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: A-Data model: HC660 size: 931.51 GiB 
  serial: <filter> rev: 9201 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 116.40 GiB used: 15.32 GiB (13.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
  ID-2: /home size: 915.89 GiB used: 629.10 GiB (68.7%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1271 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list 
  1: deb http://apt.insync.io/mint ulyana non-free contrib
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejeetech-aptik.list 
  1: deb https://packages.teejeetech.com/aptik/Eavn7O3CPi stable main
Info:
  Processes: 270 Uptime: 13m Memory: 15.47 GiB used: 2.05 GiB (13.2%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

mokutil --sb-state

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SecureBoot disabled

rfkill list all

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0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

iwconfig

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lo        no wireless extensions.

enp1s0    no wireless extensions.

virbr0    no wireless extensions.

virbr0-nic  no wireless extensions.

tun0      no wireless extensions.

lsusb

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Bus 002 Device 002: ID 125f:a63a A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd. HC660
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2357:011e TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:e005 Qualcomm Atheros Communications 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller (rev 10)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 10)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 10)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 10)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SATA AHCI Controller (rev 10)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f0)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #8 (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H370 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 10)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller (rev 10)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller (rev 10)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

[Sugarcrisp]

I found the issue. I was using a different git download

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git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8812au-1.git

This one doesn't seem to work. I switched to

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git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git

and ran the following

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cd ~/rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install

It worked like a charm

[Sugarcrisp]

I thought everything was solved, but it appears that I only have 2.4G working. Does anyone know how to get the 5G working also?

[Cobrin]

I run the same wifi drivers as your last source, it works fine on 2.4ghz and 5ghz on a usb TP-Link Archer T9UH AC1900. Even though it uses the RTL8814au chip, the drivers for RTL8812au works just fine. I'm not sure what you can do.

On a clean install:
(I use my phone to connect to the home wifi till I can DL and install my adaptor driver)

sudo apt install git build-essential dkms
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo ./dkms-install.sh

[Sugarcrisp]

Hey Cobrin,

I have it install and working, but it's not giving me the option of 5GHZ. I have 5G enabled on my router and I'm connected to it with my Iphone and a second computer. Not sure what I'm missing.

[morrownr]

I have it install and working, but it's not giving me the option of 5GHZ. I have 5G enabled on my router and I'm connected to it with my Iphone and a second computer. Not sure what I'm missing.

I noticed that you may not have full resolution to your problem yet...

Your device appears to be based on a Realtek 8811au chipset. I maintain several usb wifi drivers on my github site:

https://github.com/morrownr

I should have the 8821au driver up and available within the next 1-2 weeks. That driver will support your 8811au chipset. Feel free to bookmark the site and keep an eye out for the driver.

[Sugarcrisp]

Hey Morrownr,

That's awesome. Look forward to testing it out.

[morrownr]

The driver is up:

https://github.com/morrownr/8821au

Let me how it goes.

[Sugarcrisp]

Hey everyone,

I finally got the 5GHZ wifi signal to show up. I came across an article https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/tp-l ... ifi.96054/ referring to the same issue on a Hachintosh. In the article, they refer to the router selecting too high of a channel and suggested setting it manually to channel 36. When I did this on my router, I got a warning that all channels below 149 are newly created for China. I set it and the 5GHZ wifi signal showed up immediately. As of this writing, I've only been connected for about 5 minutes so we will see if I experience any issues. But, for now it is working. Hopefully this will be helpful to others.

[Ajc]

Hi I've run through the 1-2-3 for the 8814au & 8821au ... but am not seeing a wireless network ?

secure boot=off
5Ghz = 36 (already ... not change).

the device is a XVZ 600 dual band ( https://is.gd/RMHSi0 )
- linux is supported

the device shows : inxi -Fxxxrz
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel
port: e000 bus ID: 05:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: usb-network bus ID: 1-10:10 chip ID: 0bda:c811
serial: <filter>

however : iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp5s0 no wireless extensions.

I'm running LM20.0 64bit AMD Ryzen 5, Kernel 5.8.0-33

any help appreciated ...

[Sugarcrisp]

Hey ajc,

Where did you download the file from? I came across some files that didn't work either (I believe they were older versions). I'm currently using the link that morrownr provided and the information from the Hackintosh link that I provided and it's working perfectly with 2.4G and 5G. Before installing a new version of the 8812au file, make sure to completely remove the old so you know that you are starting fresh to avoid any conflicts or confusion.

[Ajc]

Hey Sugarcrisp

downloaded the files from morrownr's link ...

=> used the 1-2-3 further down the page in the link ...
... haven't had a look at your Hackintosh link => will do that now and get back to you.

[Ajc]

had a quick check, and if I'm reading this correctly, it's about settings the 5GHz channel to 36.
... mine is already on 36.

so unfortunately that's not the issue
... ah well, hopefully someone else will see this. Cheers !

[Ajc]

got it ... my fault !!

everything up and running for the TP-Link device... wireless network and 5GHz
... the other device hasn't worked - will send it back.

Thx

[Sugarcrisp]

Hey Ajc,

Please share what you learned as it may help someone else.

[morrownr]

downloaded the files from morrownr's link ...

Yes but what files did you get? Your device ID posted earlier indicates that your adapter has a 8811cu chipset. Don't use the driver for 8811au. It won't work. It will install but it won't work.

Take a look at this site: https://github.com/morrownr

You will see 5 drivers supporting 9 Realtek USB WiFi chipsets that are all on the market right now. I realize this is confusing... which is why I started this driver site. Hopefully it helps.

[Ajc]

Hi morrownr

I've moved the dongle over to a slightly new laptop, to pick up the faster wireless speeds
- running LM 20.1 Cinnamon 64bit.

in terminal, when running the cmd : sudo ./install-driver.sh
=> i get the msg : the driver may already be installed. you will ned to run the following before installing. sudo ./remove-driver.sh

when I run the remove-driver.sh, I get : Error! there are no instances of module: rtl8821au 5.8.2.3 located in the DKMS tree.
an error occurred while running: dkms remove : 3
pls report errors.

would appreciate your help, am going in circles on this ...

Thx. Ajc

[morrownr]

Ajc,

Is this still an issue? Sorry about being very slow to reply. I have been busy.

[psango]

https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/f ... pic/184118


This discussion led me to finding this site which worked perfectly for install my TP Link TU2 plus usb on Mint 20.2

Thanks all

[raf]

Thanks you so much. This code worked on an ASUS Zenbook running Cinnamon 20.2.
I had to set up a MOK to be validated on reboot, since it was a new Mint installation.