[SOLVED] TL-WN722N V3 Doesn't Work. PAU09 Dongle Does Work, So: SOLVED

sept · 2021-07-19 00:55:45

*** FINAL EDIT: None of the AUR drivers (8188eu-aircrack-dkms-git, 8188eu-dkms, 8188eu-dkms-git) allowed me to setup a WiFi access point using the TL-WN722N V3 (Realtek RTL8188EUS) hardware. I'm using the Panda Wireless PAU09 USB WiFi dongle instead because their driver (rt2800usb) is in the mainline kernel, so it should be plug-and-play:

http://pandawireless.com/
https://www.elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters

EDIT: I COULDN'T GET THE 8188EU DRIVER TO WORK. I'M USING THE RTL88x2bu CHIPSET INSTEAD.

The chipset:

# lsusb -v
...
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2357:010c TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS]
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x2357 TP-Link
  idProduct          0x010c TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS]
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           1 Realtek
  iProduct                2 802.11n NIC
...

The DKMS driver:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/8188eu-dkms//

No driver associated with my TL-WN722N WiFi dongle:

# lshw
...
                 *-usb:1 UNCLAIMED
                      description: Generic USB device
                      product: 802.11n NIC
                      vendor: Realtek
...

However, I installed '8188eu-dkms' driver for this very dongle:

$ makepkg -si
...
DKMS: install completed.
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod -m 8188eu -v v4.3.0.8_13968 -k 5.10.50-1-lts
==> dkms install --no-depmod -m 8188eu -v v4.3.0.8_13968 -k 5.12.15-arch1-1
==> depmod 5.12.15-arch1-1
==> depmod 5.10.50-1-lts
(3/3) Cleaning pacman cache...
==> no candidate packages found for pruning

How do I inform the kernel that the dkms driver should be loaded for the WiFi dongle?

Last edited by sept (2021-07-23 20:02:42)

seth · 2021-07-19 05:32:59

You don't. You can explicitly modprobe it, but in doubt it will do nothing.

Please post your complete dmesg and the output of rfkill.

Arch Linux

#1 2021-07-19 00:55:45

[SOLVED] TL-WN722N V3 Doesn't Work. PAU09 Dongle Does Work, So: SOLVED

#2 2021-07-19 05:32:59

Re: [SOLVED] TL-WN722N V3 Doesn't Work. PAU09 Dongle Does Work, So: SOLVED

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