sgjava Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I was able to get RTL8188FTV $2.00 US USB wifi https://www.ebay.com/itm/123713550193 working with a script I made from a forked project. The power saver has already been disabled in the Makefile. Check out https://github.com/sgjava/rtl8188fu/tree/arm. I've tested this on ARM 32 and ARM 64, but not x86 or x86_64. This is currently a dkms module that requires beta repos to get matching kernel headers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Makarios Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Good timing! I had a couple of these arrive yesterday. In the script, it says sudo -E apt -y install linux-headers-edge-$LINUXFAMILY >> $logfile 2>&1 Is this because it's only expected to work with the edge kernel, or if I change "edge" to "current" in that line, should it work for the current kernel? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgjava Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Good catch, I need to get the release as well. I'll fix that tomorrow. For now you can use the manual steps and "current". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgjava Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 @Tim Makariosall set. I added BRANCH for the linux headers. I also fixed the prompt for /etc/issues asked during apt upgrade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Makarios Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Thanks! I can confirm that the script works on my Rock64 board, running bullseye CLI with the current branch. At first I thought it wasn't working, but then I moved it to a different spot and tried an open WiFi network. I'm still not sure if I can get it working with my normal WPA2/WPA3 network. Oh, and you might want to change "edge" to "$BRANCH" in the manual instructions, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgjava Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 @Tim Makarios made change to README. WPA2 personal worked for me. I don't have WPA3, so you are on your own there. And yes the antenna is not very good, but I get 20 Mbs going through 2 rooms with drywall board. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Makarios Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I did a little more experimenting, and found that it connects without a problem when I tell it to use WPA2, rather than WPA3. I don't know whether the problem with WPA3 is in my router or the client, but WPA2 is good enough for now. I can also confirm that your script works on an A64-LTS board, too, so thank you again! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgjava Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 @Tim Makarios I tested on NanoPi M1 32 bit and Pine 64 64 bit. I believe if the kernel headers install then it will most likely work. I cannot test WPA3. If it works with another adapter on the same distro/board then maybe it's the source. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Makarios Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 On Jammy (Gnome, current, Rock64), I had to manually install dkms before the script would work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgjava Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 @Tim Makarios Yeah, I suspect there's going to be consistency issues depending on the distro and board. I'll go ahead and add the build stuff since it wont hurt if it's already there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLFC Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) Successfully built on armv7l. Thanks for releasing the script! [ 2810.712732] rtl8188fu: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 2810.818513] ======================================================= [ 2810.818520] ==== Launching Wi-Fi driver! (Powered by Rockchip) ==== [ 2810.818525] ======================================================= [ 2810.818529] Realtek 8188FU USB WiFi driver (Powered by Rockchip) init. [ 2810.818535] RTL871X: module init start [ 2810.818541] RTL871X: rtl8188fu v4.3.23.6_20964.20170110 [ 2810.820396] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8188fu [ 2810.820456] RTL871X: module init ret=0 May I ask if I need to run it again every time I upgrade the kernel? Cheers !3runo from Brazil Edited December 5, 2023 by BLFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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