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ketixrnn

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Registered: 2022-03-29

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[SOLVED] Having trouble setting up DWA-12 wireless adapter

Hi, sorry if this is an inconvenience to anyone, I have a DWA-12 wireless adapter because my computer's internet scan strength is weak. Back when I used Windows it worked and I got a tab on the Wi-Fi menu saying "Wi-Fi 2". I've been trying to set this up on my computer via a driver from the D-Link website. I tried to compile the driver with "./install.sh", and it spat out net/ipx.h no such file or directory. I tried copying /usr/include/netipx.h to the include directory in ./driver/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.3.1_27678.20180430_COEX20180427-5959/include. Any help would be great! :)

Last edited by ketixrnn (2022-03-30 07:26:19)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble setting up DWA-12 wireless adapter

lsusb
ip a; ip r
sudo journalctl

If it's indeed that chip, see https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88x2bu-dkms-git

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble setting up DWA-12 wireless adapter

Don't try to install drivers from the official webpages they are normally heavily outdated. Chances are you lack some deps or the kernel headers in the first place.

See and install: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88x2bu-dkms-git if you don't know how the AUR works yet, check https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository

Edit: Fuck!

Last edited by V1del (2022-03-29 06:55:15)

ketixrnn

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Registered: 2022-03-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble setting up DWA-12 wireless adapter

Thank you! I installed the rtl88x2bu-dkms-git through paru, rebooted and everything worked.