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Old 02-23-2022, 06:11 PM   #1
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No connecting to new tp-link AC 1300 mini wireless dongle to linux mint 20.3

My 2.4GHz tp-link had no trouble connecting to my router out of the box, but I want to use 5GHz as I have in the past, so I bought a tp-link 1300 for 5GHz connection, but it won't work out of the box, and my driver manager tells me I need no drivers?
I have the new dongle plugged in to the usb 3.0 in the back of the desktop. The 2.4GHz dongle is plugged into the front usb 2.0.
2.4GHz obviously runs fine, but the new 5GHz doesn't show up.

Anyone have a clue? Thanks all.

cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.4.0-100-generic (buildd@lcy02-amd64-002) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)) #113-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 3 18:43:29 UTC 2022

ifconfig
enp0s31f6: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 70:20:84:06:16:1e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 16 memory 0xf7000000-f7020000

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 6843 bytes 603304 (603.3 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 6843 bytes 603304 (603.3 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlx7cc2c6199625: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.139 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::f415:5346:44a6:b3ed prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 7c:c2:c6:19:96:25 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3303 bytes 3111690 (3.1 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 42 overruns 0 frame 0 ifconfig
enp0s31f6: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 70:20:84:06:16:1e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 16 memory 0xf7000000-f7020000

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 6843 bytes 603304 (603.3 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 6843 bytes 603304 (603.3 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlx7cc2c6199625: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.139 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::f415:5346:44a6:b3ed prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 7c:c2:c6:19:96:25 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3303 bytes 3111690 (3.1 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 42 overruns 0 frame 0 ifconfig
enp0s31f6: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 70:20:84:06:16:1e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 16 memory 0xf7000000-f7020000

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 6843 bytes 603304 (603.3 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 6843 bytes 603304 (603.3 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlx7cc2c6199625: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.139 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::f415:5346:44a6:b3ed prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 7c:c2:c6:19:96:25 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3303 bytes 3111690 (3.1 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 42 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2420 bytes 462344 (462.3 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

johanddirk@johanddirk-ThinkCentre-M910s:~$


TX packets 2420 bytes 462344 (462.3 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

johanddirk@johanddirk-ThinkCentre-M910s:~$


TX packets 2420 bytes 462344 (462.3 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
Last edited by hapibeli; 02-23-2022 at 06:16 PM.
 
Old 02-24-2022, 01:02 PM   #2
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Google provided me this link with a solution: https://community.tp-link.com/en/hom...m/topic/208022
 
Old 02-24-2022, 11:55 PM   #3
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Thank you uteck! Works like a charm!

/rtl88x2bu$ git clone https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu.git
Cloning into 'rtl88x2bu'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1917, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (184/184), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (128/128), done.
remote: Total 1917 (delta 89), reused 120 (delta 53), pack-reused 1733
Receiving objects: 100% (1917/1917), 5.88 MiB | 1.47 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1204/1204), done.

rtl88x2bu$ VER=$(sed -n 's/\PACKAGE_VERSION="\(.*\)"/\1/p' dkms.conf)

/rtl88x2bu$ sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}

88x2bu.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-100-generic/kernel/drivers/net/

depmod........

Done and done!
 
  


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