rtl8812au wireless adapter not supported

Asked by Alex Read

The rtl8812au wireless adapter by Realtek is not supported by Ubuntu. Standard drivers fail to compile on kernels > 3.10

The only way I can use my adapter is to compile one of these two drivers from github:

https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au
https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU

The problem is that even after
make
depmod
dkms....
insmod

the machine boots and driver fails until it is removed and reinstalled. Every time I reboot, I have to manually run:
(rmmod 8812au, insmod ......./8812au.ko)

Help?

I would like to see this chipset supported out-of-the-box since there are many "linux-compatible" wifi dongles using it for AC speed wifi, and this is a real pain.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo iwlist scan | egrep -i 'chan|ssid'

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Jeremy (wa113y3s) said :
#3

Is Ubuntu installed on the hard drive?
There is the rtl8812au-dkms package in the repos

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