TP Link WN725N driver for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS running kernel 4.4

Question

I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04.3 with kernel version 3.19.0-25-generic and use the TP Link WN725N for Wi-fi.

I followed this guide for the driver installation otherwise I'd get barely any signal:

how to install tp link wn725n wifi usb adapter on ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

I installed 16.04 with kernel 4.4 a week ago but the adapter didn't work out of the box so I followed the above method again but it didn't work. I was, like before, barely getting any signal.

Any way to get the drivers working for kernel 4.4?

EDIT: Output of lsusb as requested:

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3c8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command. — Pilot6, Jul 31 '16 at 08:59
Are you asking about a USB or an internal PCI adapter? If it is about USB, then post output of lsusb. — Pilot6, Jul 31 '16 at 10:26
It is rtl8192cu. I did not make a driver in PPA for 16.04 yet. — Pilot6, Jul 31 '16 at 14:15
Any other sources I could get it from? Or is it in the works? — Kalol Party, Jul 31 '16 at 14:17
You can try this deb. https://launchpad.net/~hanipouspilot/+archive/ubuntu/rtlwifi/+files/rtl8192cu-dkms_0.2_all.deb I do not know if it needs some patching for kernel 4.4 — Pilot6, Jul 31 '16 at 14:20
But do not forget to disable secure boot if you have UEFI. 3rd party drivers are not loaded any more with SB on. — Pilot6, Jul 31 '16 at 14:21
FWIW I think the WN725N 0bda:8179 is the rtl8188eu chipset. Out of the box for me, Ubuntu 16.04 is using the r8188eu driver and it seems to work. This post claims that the low signal strength is just a display issue. The device doesn't show up in iw dev though and can't be configured for hostapd. With earlier kernels, I installed from TP-Link's source. But it says it only supports up to 3.19.3. — rmarscher, Sep 13 '16 at 19:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 13 '17 at 16:03

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try the following steps, it worked for me -

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
cd rtl8188eu  
make all  
sudo make install  
sudo insmod 8188eu.ko

edited Sep 13 '17 at 16:03

Charles Green

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answered Sep 13 '17 at 05:30

akshay goyal

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TP Link WN725N driver for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS running kernel 4.4

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