Introduction
One thing that Windows does do very well is drivers. Most things you may connect to a PC will automagically work. Linux also generally has good out of box support for a wide range of devices but in the case of my 5Ghz capable wireless card, my PC simply did not even see the connected USB wireless adaptor. The driver required for rtl88x2bu WiFi adaptors however have been made available for easy install. Thanks to those who go the lengths to make these installs an easy process.
Solution
Download the latest repository:
git clone https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2buRun the following code to install the wireless driver on your PC
cd rtl88x2bu
VER=$(sed -n 's/\PACKAGE_VERSION="\(.*\)"/\1/p' dkms.conf)
sudo rsync -rvhP ./ /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-${VER}
sudo dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms build -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo modprobe 88x2buViola! Your wireless adaptor will now be recognised and working.
Install Realtek (rtl88x2bu) Wireless Drivers Linux Mint
Thank you! These commands worked perfectly for me on Ubuntu 20.10 with a BrosTrend AC1200 AC3L USB wifi card.
Cheers,
Rob
Pleasure Rob.
At last, an installation that works, first time on Linux Mint 20.02 .
Many thanks
Tom
Thank you very much! I worried about that so much.
Your solution is very helpful and useful for me.
No problem!
Thanks
thanks for sharing this awesome code. i¨ve managed to instal it on linux mint and now my dongle works.
GREAT!!!!
Thank you very much!
IT WORKED !!!!
Yyeeaaah !!
It works for me either !!
Thank you so so so so much !
Gaspar DG
Been trying to get this to work for so long from so many web sites. You did it perfectly! All the wasted time!
worked for me after Mint 21 Vanessa upgrade. Thank You
I had been trying for a long time but it didn’t work… thank you very much for your help, now it’s working correctly, THANK YOU
Worked for me in Linux Mint 21.2 Cinammon, but you have to keep your kernel updated in order to work. I am using a generic AC1300 Dual Band USB WiFi Adapter 2.4rghz/5ghz sku:e04857 from China abd this instructions make my life easy!! Thanks.
thank you so much, finally!