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I've been using the Linksys USB6300 Adapter but when I switched to Ubuntu it stopped working since its only compatible with Windows. I've tried using ndiswrapper and although it says my windows driver is installed, my device isn't showing up. Anyone know how I could get this wireless network adapter working? Thanks.

lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 05c6:6766 Qualcomm, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:0153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04ca:007d Lite-On Technology Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04ca:008a Lite-On Technology Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 13b1:003f Linksys 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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You need to install a driver for this dongle. Connect to internet another way and run in a terminal

sudo apt-get install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
make
sudo make install

Then reboot, insert the dongle and test. If there are any errors while running comands, then post them to your question.

To set it up permanently run these commands

cd ~/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
sudo make uninstall
make clean
sudo cp -R ~/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux /usr/src/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-1.0
sudo dkms install -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0

The driver will be installed using DKMS.

If the driver is installed first time the commands are

sudo apt-get install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
sudo cp -R rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux /usr/src/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-1.0
sudo dkms install -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
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  • there were a few warning messages but it had no errors

    ex

    /home/pirates19/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.c:596:20: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]

    if (copy_to_user((void *)priv_cmd.buf, command, bytes_written)) { ^

    forgive my horrible ability to format my comments and posts

     – Pirates19 Jun 30 '15 at 16:31
  • Warnings are OK. @Pirates19 And additional information should be added to your question not to comments. – Pilot6 Jun 30 '15 at 16:33
  • Idk what you did but it worked great thank you so much! – Pirates19 Jun 30 '15 at 16:39
  • @Pirates19 I updated my answer with directions how to install it permanently. Otherwise the driver will not survive kernel upgrades. – Pilot6 Jun 30 '15 at 16:44
  • I'm running Ubuntu 15.10 654 bit and I my system does not have "dkms" executable. I tried as root, tried to find how to install it - no dice. Please help. – Alex Kaushovik Mar 24 '16 at 02:25
  • Install it by sudo apt-get install dkms. – Pilot6 Mar 24 '16 at 05:32
  • tried this, but got https://pastebin.com/Kgg2HQtx was it faulty hardware? – Kokizzu Sep 29 '21 at 04:27
  • On ubuntu 22.04 it seems that the linked repositories no longer work - try https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702 – Audrey Dutcher Jan 06 '23 at 19:52