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TP-Link Archer T3U driver stops working after each system update.

I'm new to ubuntu. After each time, I was doing the whole steps of uninstalling-removing-downloading-installing. Only today I found out that I can only do the last two steps to make it work again:

sudo make install
sudo modprobe 88x2bu

It's a hassle that I need to reinstall the driver after almost every system update. What can I do to fix this so I don't have to reinstall the driver after system updates?

Thanks in advance.

The steps I was following was mentioned last in this; TP-Link Archer T3U Plus USB adapter

Velo V
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Please remove the old driver. Please do:

cd ~/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver-master

Or whatever the name of the previously downloaded and extracted driver file is. Next:

sudo make uninstall
cd ..
sudo rm -r RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver-master

Now let's install dkms and git:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y dkms git

Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) is a program/framework that enables generating Linux kernel modules whose sources generally reside outside the kernel source tree. The concept is to have DKMS modules automatically rebuilt when a new kernel is installed.

Now let's install a new driver using dkms that will automagically rebuild and reinstall after every kernel update:

git clone https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702.git
cd 88x2bu-20210702
sudo ./install-driver.sh

Reboot

chili555
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