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#1 2018-10-27 03:50:05

kennethdarragh
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Registered: 2018-10-27
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Can't set up USB wifi adapter

After installing the drivers, I try to do the following:

 ip link set wlp0s2u10 up 
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted 

Additional information: EW-7811utc adapter, using rtl8812au drivers from AUR.
Happy to provide any more information, but I'm not sure what else is relevant as I am new to Arch.

I have followed the steps in the wiki under 'Wireless Configuration Guide', but cannot get past this.

Things that are not the issue:

  • I'm root, so it's not that I left out sudo

  • It's not a physical wifi button issue, I've checked rfkill list and it is not blocked

  • The adapter is not broken

Last edited by kennethdarragh (2018-10-27 03:50:16)

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#2 2018-10-27 19:03:13

teckk
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#3 2018-10-28 13:04:50

Lone_Wolf
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Re: Can't set up USB wifi adapter

https://edimax.freshdesk.com/support/so … -than-v4-1

That comfirms the rtl8812au driver is needed, but aur has 6 packages for that, see
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&K=rtl8812au

Which of those are you using kennethdarragh ?


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#4 2018-11-04 17:39:40

tbg
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Re: Can't set up USB wifi adapter

Install the rtl8812au-dkms-git driver as well as the linux headers.

You need to provide better info if that doesn't fix you up.

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#5 2018-11-28 20:01:35

kay94
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Registered: 2017-08-04
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Re: Can't set up USB wifi adapter

The driver from 'kimcoder' worked best for me (stable throughout kernel updates):
https://github.com/kimocoder/rtl8812au

Regards

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#6 2018-11-28 20:58:34

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Re: Can't set up USB wifi adapter

kennethdarragh wrote:

After installing the drivers, I try to do the following:

 ip link set wlp0s2u10 up 
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted 

Did you do that as root?


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