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pruzzle

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Registered: 2024-05-22

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[SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

I am putting together an arch linux machine with old parts I had lying around. I am at the beginning of setting up arch linux for the first time. The motherboard I am using doesn't have a wifi card on it, so I am using a TP-Link AC1900 Archer T9E Wifi adapter. The drivers for it come in a disk, and I have a dvd reader on the machine. How would install the drivers for this and continue setting up arch?

Last edited by pruzzle (2024-05-22 22:55:04)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

Please see Network_configuration/Wireless#Check_the_driver_status.  What is the Vendor ID and Product ID of the device?  What kernel modules if any are loaded for the device at the moment?

pruzzle

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Re: [SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

Please see Network_configuration/Wireless#Check_the_driver_status.  What is the Vendor ID and Product ID of the device?  What kernel modules if any are loaded for the device at the moment?

I have not installed any modules, this is the first obstacle I am facing after booting from a .iso on a usb stick. here is the exact card I am using: https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-network … rcher-t9e/

After some research on my own here, https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43 it looks like this specific card is not supported, which is why I am wondering if the included disk would work. After running

lspci -nn -d 14e4:

the PCI-ID is 14e4:43a0

pruzzle

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Re: [SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

What kernel modules if any are loaded for the device at the moment?

Apologies a correction. After running

lspci -k

is looks like i have netweok controller driver bcma-pci-bridge, and modules bcma and wl. however there is no wlan interface when

ip addr show

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

Which of the kernel modules as listed as "Kernel driver in use:" for the 14e4:43a0?

pruzzle

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Re: [SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

kernel drive in use for the network controller is only bcma-pci-bridge

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

Try removing the bcma-pci-bridge module and loading the wl module:

# modprobe -r bcma-pci-bridge
# modprobe wl

If that fails you may need to boot with the bcma-pci-bridge module blacklisted.

pruzzle

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Re: [SOLVED] how to install drivers for tplink PCIE wifi adapter?

awesome this worked! wlan0 now shoes up as an interface. Thank you so much for the help!

Last edited by pruzzle (2024-05-22 22:53:53)