Realtek USB Wireless Adapter Drivers

Realtek USB Wireless Adapter Drivers [rtl8188fu] [0bda:f179]

For Kernel 4.15.x ~ 5.3.x (Linux Mint or Ubuntu Derivatives)

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If you're building on an ARM architecture, then check this issue, it may help.

How to install

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

git clone https://github.com/corneal64/Realtek-USB-Wireless-Adapter-Drivers.git

cd Realtek-USB-Wireless-Adapter-Drivers

sudo dkms add ./rtl8188fu

sudo dkms build rtl8188fu/1.0

sudo dkms install rtl8188fu/1.0

sudo cp ./rtl8188fu/firmware/rtl8188fufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

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Disable power management and solve plugging/replugging issues

sudo mkdir -p /etc/modprobe.d/

sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188fu.conf

echo "options rtl8188fu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188fu.conf

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How to uninstall

sudo dkms remove rtl8188fu/1.0 --all

sudo rm -f /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8188fufw.bin

sudo rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188fu.conf