REALTEK RTL88x2B USB Linux Driver

Current Driver Version: 5.6.1.6
Support Kernel: 2.6.24 ~ 5.6 (with unofficial patches)

Official release note please check ReleaseNotes.pdf

Note: if you believe your device is RTL8812BU or RTL8822BU but after loaded the module no NIC shows up, the device ID maybe not in the driver whitelist. In this case please submit a new issue with lsusb result, and your device name, brand, website, etc.

Tested with

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal)
• Kernel: 5.4.0-37
• Device: Tp-Link Archer AC 1300 (v.4)

How to use this kernel module

• Make sure you have installed the kernel headers
• All commands need to be run in the driver directory
• The following commands only build module for the current running kernel
• You need rebuild the kernel module everytime you update/change the kernel

Building

make

Installing

sudo make install

Uninstalling

sudo make uninstall

For more details please refer to Linux Kernel Documentation.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt

Distribution

• Archlinux AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88x2bu-dkms-git/