Realtek RTL8812BU Driver for Linux

Driver for 802.11ac USB adapter with RTL8812BU chipset, only STA/Monitor mode is supported, no AP mode.

A few known wireless cards that use this driver include:

• Fastoe AC1200 USB Wi-Fi Adapter
• Cudy WU1200 AC1200 High Gain USB Wi-Fi Adapter
• TP-Link Archer T3U
• TP-Link Archer T3U Plus
• TP-Link Archer T4U V3
• Linksys WUSB6400M
• Dlink DWA-181
• Dlink DWA-182

Currently tested with Linux kernel 4.12.14/4.15.0/5.3.0/5.15.0 on X86_64 platform only.

For Raspberry Pi

• https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU_for_Raspbian

For kernel 5.11 or later, please clone the v5.13.1 branch:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential dkms git bc
git clone -b v5.13.1 https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU.git
cd RTL8812BU
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot

For 5.10 kernel, please clone the v5.6.1 branch:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential dkms git bc
git clone -b v5.6.1 https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU.git
cd RTL8812BU
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot

For 5.9 and previous versions:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential dkms git bc
git clone https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU.git
cd RTL8812BU
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot

For setting monitor mode:

# configure for monitor mode
sed -i 's/CONFIG_80211W = n/CONFIG_80211W = y/' Makefile
sed -i 's/CONFIG_WIFI_MONITOR = n/CONFIG_WIFI_MONITOR = y/' Makefile
make
sudo make install
sudo ip link set wlx1cbfcea97791 down
sudo iw wlx1cbfcea97791 set monitor none
sudo ip link set wlx1cbfcea97791 up

Enjoy!