RTL8811AU Wifi USB Dongle, Need Correct Driver

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Schorschi
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RTL8811AU Wifi USB Dongle, Need Correct Driver

Post by Schorschi » 2017/08/09 05:10:48

RTL8811AU Wifi USB Dongle, Need Correct Driver for CentOS 7.2.

Realtek RTL8811AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter
PCI VEN Information is 0BDA and A811

USB bus sees the device, in CentOS, but beyond that, nothing.

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Re: RTL8811AU Wifi USB Dongle, Need Correct Driver

Post by TrevorH » 2017/08/09 08:34:24

Check with ELRepo and see if they have a kmod for this device.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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Re: RTL8811AU Wifi USB Dongle, Need Correct Driver

Post by Schorschi » 2017/08/09 14:57:36

No, not for the RTL8811AU... but there is source on GitHub, but I am not sure how to compile the source? Did grab the source from git hub, and run make, it created a .ko file. Then I ran make install, and I now see a 8811 in lsmod, but I don't believe the wireless adapter is see right. No wlan0 in ifconfig, no reference in the nmcli for devices.

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