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I followed instruction on this post to install the driver. The wifi adapter seems to be working. However, it keeps dropping wifi connections and re-connecting every few minutes.

My machine has dual boots, Ubuntu 16.04 & Windows 10. And Windows 10 never drops the wifi. Doesn't seem to be the adapter or my home wifi issue.

Bo Fu
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The following worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git

git clone https://github.com/zebulon2/rtl8812AU-driver-5.2.9

sudo dpkg -i gord-rtl8812au-dkms_1.0-13_amd64.deb

Or install with gdebi package installer

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Animo11
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  • This gave me ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-4.20.8-042008-generic is not supported. I can't downgrade the kernel because then proper support for my i7 9700k fails. – CoderGuy123 Feb 20 '19 at 17:21
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Previous answer was outdated due to kernel updates. This solution works for Mint 19.1 based on Ubuntu 18.04 with kernel version 4.20.8.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git

git clone https://github.com/gordboy/rtl8812au

cd rtl8812au

make
sudo make install

If you are using NetworkManager (default in Mint) need to add this to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (might be present by default, mine was)

[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

Then restart.

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