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dirtbag

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Registered: 2019-06-15

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[SOLVED] how to decide between multiple install candidates?

So I want to use my spiffy tplink 802.11ac adapter which has the rtl8812 chipset..
It doesnt seem to be in the default 5.4.1 kernel im running.. So I look to the AUR and I see

[dirtbag@archlinux ~]$ yay -Ss 8812
aur/rtl8812au422-dkms-git 4.2.2.r7502.gc20130507aur2-1 (+2 1.41%)
    rtl8821AU/rtl8812AU/rtl8811AU driver with firmware version 4.2.2 (7502.20130507) (Tested and working as of Linux kernel 5.3.8-arch1-1)
aur/rtl8812au-rpi-dkms-git 0.r68.92875e4-1 (+2 0.00%)
    Realtek 802.11n WLAN Adapter Linux driver for rtl8812au (patched for the Raspberry Pi)
aur/rtl8812au-inject-dkms-git r44.2577553-1 (+5 0.00%) (Out-of-date 2018-02-22)
    A kernel module for Realtek 8812au network cards with dkms support, with monitor mode and injection support
aur/rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git r854.25c0645-2 (+19 1.96%)
    Aircrack-ng kernel module for Realtek 88XXau (USB adapters only) network cards (8811au, 8812au, 8814au and 8821au chipsets) with monitor mode and injection support
aur/rtl8821au-dkms-git 5.1.5.r59.gaf07b27-1 (+46 0.03%)
    rtl8821AU, rtl8812AU and rtl8811AU chipset driver with firmware v5.1.5
aur/rtl8812au-dkms-git 5.6.4.2.r7.g582c046-1 (+57 0.86%)
    rtl8812AU chipset driver with firmware v5.6.4.2
[dirtbag@archlinux ~]$

o_O   

How do I know which of these silly things to choose? Is there some kind of rule of thumb to use to weed through hwich one is most stable/best to use ?

-db

Last edited by dirtbag (2019-12-08 15:17:46)

Zod

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From: Hoosiertucky

Registered: 2019-03-10

Posts: 636

Re: [SOLVED] how to decide between multiple install candidates?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … ss#Realtek

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] how to decide between multiple install candidates?

There are atleast three variants of the rtl 8812 ( AE, AU, BU ), which one do you have ?
Is this an usb or PCIe adapter ?
What is the modelnr & revision from TPlink ?

Once you figure that out, use the link above to determine which driver you need.

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dirtbag

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Registered: 2019-06-15

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED] how to decide between multiple install candidates?

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2357:0101 TP-Link RTL8812AU Archer T4U 802.11ac
its a usb adapter.. right now I have the  rtl8812au422-dkms-git 4.2.2.r7502.gc20130507aur2-1
and it seems to work for now.. 
Historically using linux, Ive had this adapter work fine for a while and then just crap out.
I had a script set up that would remove the kernel module and then reload it and it would work fine again for a while.

Ill see how it goes.  Thanks for the info.

-db

dirtbag

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Registered: 2019-06-15

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED] how to decide between multiple install candidates?

looks like the
rtl8812au422-dkms-git 4.2.2.r7502.gc20130507aur2-1  using kernel
Linux archlinux 4.19.87-1-lts #1 SMP Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:23:25 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

has been stable for me for my

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2357:0101 TP-Link RTL8812AU Archer T4U 802.11ac

for the last few days!

-db

Last edited by dirtbag (2019-12-08 15:19:25)