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How do I install drivers for Edimax AC 600 Wi-Fi adapter drivers?
I went on their website and there are no drivers for the newer versions of the kernel 5.4.0
Is there a way to install generic drivers (currently I don't see the Wi-Fi/Wireless icon in network settings on Ubuntu).

If anyone finds them could you please include a step by step install (I'm a newbie on Linux)

Gryu
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This device seems to have a realtek ac chipset from the rtl88xxau family. It would be useful to provide the stdout of

lsusb

You can try to install the following dkms package:

sudo apt install rtl8812au-dkms

In case it does not work, install the drivers from aircrack-ng github repository (and you will also have monitor mode)

sudo apt install git build-essential bc libelf-dev 
git clone  https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo ./dkms-install.sh

edit: There is another set of repositories that provide drivers for many unsupported Realtek USB WiFi chips (including the rtl8812). I strongly recommend to use this solution from now on. morrownr repository

sudo apt install git build-essential libelf-dev linux-headers-amd64
git clone https://github.com/morrownr/8812au-20210629.git
cd  8812au-20210629
make
sudo make install
kcdtv
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  • got this: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/core/rtw_br_ext.c:25:10: fatal error: net/ipx.h: No such file or directory – Eugen Konkov Mar 02 '22 at 21:12
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    Some information: https://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg5977740.html Try with this fork: https://github.com/drygdryg/rtl8188eus – kcdtv Mar 04 '22 at 08:16
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    Thanks for your suggestion! For me, the aircrack-ng/rtl8812au driver worked for my Edimax AC 600 (device ID 7392:a812) on Debian 11, whereas the morrownr/8812au-20210629 does not seem to support this specific device ID. – ngj Jan 13 '23 at 17:27
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I do not have this adapter to check if the next will work, but you could try:

  • Install libssl1.0.0 package as described here

    wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl1.0/libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3_amd64.deb

  • Follow this link and download 4.15 kernel packages:

    Build for amd64 succeeded (see BUILD.LOG.amd64):   
  linux-headers-4.15.0-041500_4.15.0-041500.201802011154_all.deb   
  linux-headers-4.15.0-041500-generic_4.15.0-041500.201802011154_amd64.deb    
  linux-image-4.15.0-041500-generic_4.15.0-041500.201802011154_amd64.deb

  • Install them: sudo apt install ./linux-*deb

  • Load into the older kernel

  • Reinstall your driver

You could also go to:

Show Applications gnome menu -> Enter into Search field Additional keyword and open Additional Drivers (opened tab in Software & Updates window will appear). Look if there's no your wifi-drivers present.

Gryu
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  • Reading package lists... Error! E: Archive is too short When i run sudo apt install ./linux-*.deb i get error : E: Could not read meta data from /home/tim/Downloads/linux-image-4.15.0-041500-generic_4.15.0-041500.201802011154_amd64.deb E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. – Tim May 03 '20 at 08:18
  • Second option worked - I found drivers and aplied changes + rebooted but I still can't use the device. It doesn't show up wi-fi section in network settings – Tim May 03 '20 at 08:28
  • I've just deployed 20.04 on VirbualBox VM and tried to install those kernel packages. It required libssl1.0.0, so I've installed it and then repeated sudo apt install ./linux-*.deb command again. And as a result, 4.15.0 kernel have been installed – Gryu May 03 '20 at 10:30