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I am looking for a driver for the TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano, on Kubuntu 18.04 (kernel version 4.15.0-51-generic).

$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 2357:011e TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter

$ inxi -N | grep "TP-Link"
  Device-3: TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: usb-network

I already tried different drivers, none of them worked.

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For a more stable driver, try this:

sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install

If you get error running dkms_install:

Error! DKMS tree already contains: 8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

sudo mv /var/lib/8812au /var/lib/8812au-orig
sudo make dkms_install
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    This is a duplicate of a previous [answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/1149288/829702) – damadam Nov 26 '19 at 15:37
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    I disagree that this answer is a duplicate. It proposes using a different driver repo, `aircrack-ng/rtl8812au`, which is basically upstream of `jeremyb31/rtl8812au-1` suggested by the other answer. That fork seems less maintained than the one here, so possibly this one might actually even be the better solution. – Byte Commander Dec 01 '19 at 14:13
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    At the time the question was asked the aircrack-ng did not support the device. On 11 Nov 2019 [this commit](https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/commit/ae31db1a4ca6545e44cca6d42487b44978d9c4de#diff-d9fabc2042b6273069e114ed620fcb4f) was added providing support – Jeremy31 Jan 19 '20 at 15:58
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    This should be the accepted answer. The repo in this answer really provides a much, much more stable driver. – bteo Jan 28 '20 at 14:25
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    This should be the accepted answer because it has the most up to date drivers. – Joaquin Iurchuk May 18 '20 at 20:15
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    This answer works for me with Archer T2U (EU) on Ubuntu 20.04. – begumgenc Jul 10 '20 at 14:21
  • @ByteCommander I also agree with you. Only this one worked on Ubuntu 20.04 for TP Link AC600 Nano USB. And therefore this should be the accepted answer – Tahseen Aug 30 '20 at 06:44
  • Thank you for this answer. This is the best answer and should rank higher than the earlier answer. I tried this with Ubuntu 20 and it works like a charm. You need to unplug and plug back your USB adapter after installing it. – Apurv Sep 16 '20 at 15:13
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    Adding comment to help people searching in future! This worked 100% for me. Running lsusb tells me I have: ID 2357:011f TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter Which is a TP Link Archer T2U V3 USB WiFi adapter. – firecall Oct 04 '20 at 08:04
  • This answer works for me for Jetson Nano with a default image from Nvidia + TP-Link T2U Nano. – helper helperov Nov 10 '20 at 12:19
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    This is awesome. Works for TP-Link Archer T2U Nano. – bluelurker Mar 31 '21 at 21:21
  • It detected/authenticated my wifi after unplugging and replugging, but I had to restart to get the web browser to work. – Subatomic Tripod Apr 04 '21 at 18:43
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    For kernel 5 and above, use https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au – David Wu Apr 21 '21 at 00:28
  • I tried the above steps on Ubuntu 20.04, after which I can connect to my mobile hotspot but not yet to my university enterprise wifi network. I suspect the issue is with the drivers because, for another wifi adapter (TL-WN725N), I'm able to connect to my univ wifi on the same computer. – Epsilon Oct 04 '21 at 20:28
  • @DavidWu aircrack-ng repo works, at least with 5.4.x – Pablo Bianchi Nov 12 '21 at 01:25
  • It didn't work for me as is, I had to run the following before: `sudo apt install dkms git build-essential libelf-dev linux-headers-$(uname -r)` – Loudenvier May 03 '22 at 14:21
  • **NOTE:** To anyone else who stumbles over this topic, the latest code in the `aircrack-ng` fork has a weird issue w/ TP Link AC600 T2U Nano adapters, currently. See [this](https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/issues/969) issue for a potential workaround. – Priidu Neemre Jul 28 '22 at 12:48
  • Any reason why this isn't in distros? Is there anything the user should be aware of before installing the driver from this fork? – marcus Sep 26 '22 at 15:46
  • This didn't work for me, but only because I didn't realise it was a lower case "L" and not a "1". As in, I thought it was lower case "RT18812" not "RTL8812". Fonts need to make the distinction clearer! – karnok Jul 27 '23 at 13:52
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For the T2U with ID 2357:011e do

sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8812au-1.git
cd rtl8812au-1
sudo ./dkms-install.sh

Secure Boot will need to be disabled. The github repo name is a little misleading as the source code supports rtl8812au, rtl8814au, and rtl8821au

With recent changes you will need to

sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install

This code doesn't include the rtl8814au for that you need

sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8814au.git
cd rtl8814au
sudo make dkms_install
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    Thanks, it works. I updated the question to fit the answer. – André Jun 07 '19 at 09:54
  • I found I had to run `chmod 777 *` before `sudo ./dkms-install.sh` to make everything executable, maybe because I had pre-extracted the .zip file onto a flash drive to bring it to the PC with the WiFi adapter. – Jordan Rieger Jul 27 '19 at 06:40
  • This worked for me, for a TP-LINK AC600, ARCHER T2U Nano, on 19.04, purchased from amazon UK yesterday. No need to chmod anything. THANK YOU – 0atman Aug 06 '19 at 17:56
  • it worked for me. after installing this driver like this, I enabled the wireless interface as described at https://askubuntu.com/posts/833894/revisions – mustafa Aug 13 '19 at 07:14
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    Thank you, it worked perfectly. I documented my process here: https://gist.github.com/electron0zero/de0eaa13336042bad347f4dbd8749609 – Suraj Oct 30 '19 at 15:18
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    Seeing the following error.. ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8812au: 5.3.4 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.4.0-47-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/5.3.4/build/make.log for more information. Finished running dkms install steps. – Apurv Sep 16 '20 at 15:08
  • `cd rtl8812au-1 && sudo ./dkms-remove.sh` then see https://askubuntu.com/a/1185986/300665 – Jeremy31 Sep 16 '20 at 17:43
  • @Jeremy31 It's not working – mrSuperEvening Dec 13 '20 at 16:48
  • I was able to get it working following these directions, but I was not able to get the adapter to see networks on the 5GHz band. I opened a new question here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1324997/tp-link-t2u-plus-5ghz-band – kbuilds Mar 21 '21 at 00:53
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Here is a link that addressed issues I was having thanks to an update from Jags: Driver for the TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano, on Kubuntu 18.04 Previous fix from June 6 didn't work for me

sudo apt update
sudo apt install dkms

git clone -b v5.6.4.2 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git

cd rtl8812au
sudo ./dkms-install.sh
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For the TP-link AC600 Archer T2Uv3 (2357:011f): choose v5.6.4.2 of the driver from aircrack-ng. With the stable v5.3.4 it seems to function correctly, but disconnects randomly every ~5 minutes. (Ubuntu 16.04)

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