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I bought the wireless adapter to use with a computer without internet access but I can't figure out how to install it with just a USB with the driver on it. I've read a few articles on how to install the driver but they all require me to have internet access and I don't have internet. I'm completely new to Ubuntu. If you can help that would be great. Thanks! Ps: I have the latest version of Ubuntu as of 7-5-16.

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Please download this file on some other computer and transfer it to the desktop of the subject computer: https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux/archive/master.zip Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.' Now, in a terminal:

cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8812au

Now that we have the wireless working correctly, we'll refine this a bit.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkms
cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
sudo cp -R . /usr/src/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-1.0
sudo dkms add -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
sudo dkms build -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
sudo dkms install -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
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    Out of curiosity, what exactly do the "refine" steps accomplish? – Brannon Jan 18 '17 at 16:43
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    The refinement adds the dkms process. The driver will be compiled automatically for you if there is a newer linux-image installed. Highly recommended and thank you, @Eliah Kagan. – chili555 Jan 18 '17 at 21:21
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    actually - on ARMBIAN and on Debian-like systems - no need in "refine part" - it works fine after make install and modprobe – Alexey Vesnin Aug 02 '17 at 23:41
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    So awesome !!! This works even with Archer t4u AC1300 while the official drivers from the TP-Link don't compile. I tried downloading and building source from TPlink site from here: http://nl.tp-link.com/download/Archer-T4U_V2.html#Driver but that did not compile on my Ubuntu 17. But this GitHub source worked like a charm !!! – revolutionary Nov 19 '17 at 22:35
  • @revolutionary, what are the exact steps to get the driver for the AC1300? Do you just replace '-v 1.0' by '-v 2.0' in instructions? So, for example, you use the same github source for the driver? – Máté Wierdl Dec 02 '17 at 05:12
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    It turns out that the very same steps as above make my ac1300 work too! – Máté Wierdl Dec 02 '17 at 16:14
  • @MátéWierdl - do you actually get "802.11A/C"? These instructions are awesome and worked for me to, but when I do an sudo lshw -C network I'm getting: wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn (which indicates there is no a/c - I think?). – Vanessa Deagan Jan 06 '18 at 14:44
  • @Vanessa Deagan, I get the same thing, so no AC, I suppose. Also, the darn thing is flaky: after a while, it not only drops the connection but cannot detect any network. If I take it out of the USB slot and reinsert, it works again. – Máté Wierdl Jan 10 '18 at 15:27
  • Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu Mate 18.04 and works like a charm. – Dante May 02 '18 at 20:42
  • this seems to be the best solution, but it is not working for my case, I get the wifi symbol the no visible networks are found, so I just have an empty list on ubuntu 18.04. – Enmanuel Durán Oct 19 '19 at 01:58
  • @EnmanuelDurán Please start a new question and include the results of the wireless script from here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos/425180#425180 – chili555 Oct 19 '19 at 13:16
  • it is not quite clear to me how I can run a script without an internet connection. @chili555 – Enmanuel Durán Oct 19 '19 at 14:13
  • @EnmanuelDurán Download the script on a USB drive, run it and put the result back on the USB drive and post it. – chili555 Oct 19 '19 at 14:29
  • done @chili555 https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/3pjxnpMzwY/ – Enmanuel Durán Oct 19 '19 at 16:36
  • Also, here the new question https://askubuntu.com/questions/1182192/ubuntu-not-recognizing-archer-t4u-us-3-0-properly @chili555 – Enmanuel Durán Oct 19 '19 at 16:49
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This driver can be installed from the official Ubuntu repositories by

sudo apt install rtl8812au-dkms
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Works on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS with kernel head v5.3.xxx using this repo. which you will need to git clone into a local folder

https://github.com/EntropicEffect/rtl8822bu

git clone https://github.com/EntropicEffect/rtl8822bu

Make sure you have build-essentials and dkms

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms

After cloning, cd into that folder and run

cd rtl8822bu
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 88x2bu

Then connect to your Wi-Fi (Hopefully, both 2.4GHz and 5GHz should be detectable now)

Next, follow these steps to refine the installation and for an automatic rebuild on Ubuntu kernel image updates

sudo dkms add .
sudo dkms install -m 88x2bu -v 1.1
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