#1 2015-12-05 23:31:55

dbvolvox

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[SOLVED] Wireless AC1200 Adapter Recommendations

Can anyone recommend a dual band usb adapter that they are using with BL? When I search around there seems to be lots of issues trying to get them to work. I recently changed routers and decided to future proof by getting a dual band RT-AC56U which is fine with the 2.4Ghz but it would be nice to be able to use the 5Ghz also.

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless AC1200 Adapter Recommendations

OK, so I am successfully using a Trendnet TEW805ub dual band usb adapter. It required a driver the rtl8812au which I did by a method similar to this post

The 5Ghz is way better than the 2.4G.  (Sorry my bench marking is anecdotal not technical!)

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless AC1200 Adapter Recommendations

Nicely done! Any more info you can give (specific install instructions, OS and architecture used) would help others with this problem.

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless AC1200 Adapter Recommendations

Nicely done! Any more info you can give (specific install instructions, OS and architecture used) would help others with this problem.

Here goes @hhh
OS and architecture.

david@hp255:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: hp255 Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2 
           Distro: BunsenLabs 8.5 bunsen-hydrogen 
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP 255 G4 Notebook PC v: Type1ProductConfigId
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 80CB v: 99.09 Bios: Insyde v: F.0C date: 06/25/2015
CPU:       Quad core AMD A6-6310 APU with AMD Radeon R4 Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB 

The Adapter
The Trendnet TEW-805UB is a Dual band WiFi USB 3.0 Adapter which supports the IEEE standard 802.11ac and 802.11n.
The stick has the USB ID 20f4:805b and has the Realtek RTL8812AU chipset. Currently available from eBuyer for £14.
(There is a rather sniffy review on TechHive but unless you need a big range the performance is fine)

To install the driver I followed the method on Easy Linux tips

Installed the build tools.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git

Downloaded the driver packages by means of git, with this command:

git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux

Compiled the required kernel module from the driver packages by going into the folder with the driver packages:

cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux

And then made and installed the compiled module with these commands:

make 

sudo make install

Rebooted with adapter in place.

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