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#1 2022-08-01 20:34:53

Xwang
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TP-link TL-WN821N(EU) Ver 6.0 : which driver should I use?

Which driver should I use for the TP-link TL-WN821N(EU) Ver 6.0 ?
If I plug it, dmesg reports:

[18906.635892] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[18906.776397] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=2357, idProduct=0107, bcdDevice= 2.00
[18906.776419] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[18906.776426] usb 1-6: Product: 802.11n NIC 
[18906.776431] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Realtek 
[18906.776436] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[18906.908926] usb 1-6: This Realtek USB WiFi dongle (0x2357:0x0107) is untested!
[18906.908934] usb 1-6: Please report results to Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com
[18906.981077] usb 1-6: Vendor: Realtek 
[18906.981082] usb 1-6: Product: 802.11n NIC 
[18906.981084] usb 1-6: Serial not available.

Should I use the rtl8192eu from AUR?


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#2 2022-08-01 20:50:08

krabat
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Re: TP-link TL-WN821N(EU) Ver 6.0 : which driver should I use?

$ grep -E '2357.*0107' /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias
alias usb:v2357p0107d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin* rtl8xxxu

Isn't that module auto-loaded according to lsmod?

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#3 2022-08-01 20:51:42

Xwang
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Re: TP-link TL-WN821N(EU) Ver 6.0 : which driver should I use?

krabat wrote:
$ grep -E '2357.*0107' /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias
alias usb:v2357p0107d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin* rtl8xxxu

Isn't that module auto-loaded according to lsmod?

Yes it is, but the wifi card cannot establish a connection.


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#4 2022-08-01 21:00:04

krabat
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Re: TP-link TL-WN821N(EU) Ver 6.0 : which driver should I use?

Ah, I see. Tbh. I was more asking out of curiousity, I do not have any particular knowledge about that device.
But meanwhile some googling revealed this thread (German only). And according to it, rtl8192eu from the AUR might indeed do the trick.
Don't forget to blacklist rtl8xxxu.

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#5 2022-08-01 21:10:55

Xwang
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Re: TP-link TL-WN821N(EU) Ver 6.0 : which driver should I use?

krabat wrote:

Ah, I see. Tbh. I was more asking out of curiousity, I do not have any particular knowledge about that device.
But meanwhile some googling revealed this thread (German only). And according to it, rtl8192eu from the AUR might indeed do the trick.
Don't forget to blacklist rtl8xxxu.

Indeed following this thread https://forum.ubuntu-it.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=648781 and using the rtl8192eu AUR package and issuing the following two commands:

 echo "blacklist rtl8xxxu" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8xxxu.conf

echo "options 8192eu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/8192eu.conf

It seems to work.


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#6 2022-10-01 10:02:41

cantabile
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Re: TP-link TL-WN821N(EU) Ver 6.0 : which driver should I use?

If the problem was "authentication with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx timed out", Linux 6.1 will have a patch which may fix it: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/ … gmail.com/

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