RealTek RTL8188etv WiFi Adapter driver

[jacqpret]

Hi

I purchased a RealteK 502.11N RTL8188etv USB Network Adapter with monitor mode & frame injection support, it works like a charm in Windows 10 but the drivers supplied with it for LInix were outdated and not compatible with the Kernel: 5.3.0-26-generic of Ubuntu 19.10. I installed the driver from https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8188eus without any errors. When I reboot my laptop and run lsusb I get the following output:


Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0bda:b728 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 04f2:b572 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Lenovo EasyCamera
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:f179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11n
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e8f:00a7 GreenAsia Inc. 2.4G RX
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

usb-devices:

IFT: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 3 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0bda ProdID=f179 Rev=00.00
S: Manufacturer=Realtek
S: Product=802.11n
S: SerialNumber=00E0232CA8F6
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA
I:#=0x0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)

ifconfig: (only reflects my internal Realtek adapter)

enp2s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether c8:5b:76:c7:93:c8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0



lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 8524 bytes 481936 (481.9 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 8524 bytes 481936 (481.9 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0



wlp3s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.56 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::14bd:4d53:6200:43a7 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether c8:3d:d4:74:9f:a1 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 21588 bytes 15509222 (15.5 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 19960 bytes 3862224 (3.8 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0


Where am I going wrong?

Thank You

[praseodym]

https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu

Here you go :)

[jacqpret]

Thank you praseodym, installed and connecting 100%, driver doesn't allow for monitor mode & frame injection which the network adapter was purchased for, will use it for my internet connection and use internal card for Kali.

[praseodym]

Lets check


modinfo rtl8188fu

[jacqpret]

root@kali   ~  modinfo rtl8188fu      604  22:59:48 
filename: /lib/modules/5.3.0-kali3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8188fu.ko
version: v4.3.23.6_20964.20170110
author: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
description: Realtek Wireless Lan Driver
license: GPL
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8188fufw.bin
srcversion: 0D9521C515203BE4620DC67
alias: usb:v0BDApF179d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin*
depends: cfg80211,usbcore
retpoline: Y
name: rtl8188fu
vermagic: 5.3.0-kali3-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: rtw_ips_mode:The default IPS mode (int)
parm: rtw_usb_rxagg_mode:int
parm: rtw_country_code:The default country code (in alpha2) (charp)
parm: rtw_channel_plan:The default chplan ID when rtw_alpha2 is not specified or valid (int)
parm: rtw_qos_opt_enable:int
parm: ifname:The default name to allocate for first interface (charp)
parm: if2name:The default name to allocate for second interface (charp)
parm: rtw_pwrtrim_enable:int
parm: rtw_initmac:charp
parm: rtw_special_rf_path:int
parm: rtw_chip_version:int
parm: rtw_rfintfs:int
parm: rtw_lbkmode:int
parm: rtw_network_mode:int
parm: rtw_channel:int
parm: rtw_mp_mode:int
parm: rtw_wmm_enable:int
parm: rtw_vrtl_carrier_sense:int
parm: rtw_vcs_type:int
parm: rtw_busy_thresh:int
parm: rtw_ht_enable:int
parm: rtw_bw_mode:int
parm: rtw_ampdu_enable:int
parm: rtw_rx_stbc:int
parm: rtw_ampdu_amsdu:int
parm: rtw_lowrate_two_xmit:int
parm: rtw_rf_config:int
parm: rtw_power_mgnt:int
parm: rtw_smart_ps:int
parm: rtw_low_power:int
parm: rtw_wifi_spec:int
parm: rtw_full_ch_in_p2p_handshake:int
parm: rtw_antdiv_cfg:int
parm: rtw_antdiv_type:int
parm: rtw_switch_usb3:int
parm: rtw_enusbss:int
parm: rtw_hwpdn_mode:int
parm: rtw_hwpwrp_detect:int
parm: rtw_hw_wps_pbc:int
parm: rtw_max_roaming_times:The max roaming times to try (uint)
parm: rtw_mc2u_disable:int
parm: rtw_80211d:Enable 802.11d mechanism (int)
parm: rtw_notch_filter:0:Disable, 1:Enable, 2:Enable only for P2P (uint)
parm: rtw_hiq_filter:0:allow all, 1:allow special, 2:deny all (uint)
parm: rtw_adaptivity_en:0:disable, 1:enable (uint)
parm: rtw_adaptivity_mode:0:normal, 1:carrier sense (uint)
parm: rtw_adaptivity_dml:0:disable, 1:enable (uint)
parm: rtw_adaptivity_dc_backoff:DC backoff for Adaptivity (uint)
parm: rtw_adaptivity_th_l2h_ini:TH_L2H_ini for Adaptivity (int)
parm: rtw_adaptivity_th_edcca_hl_diff:TH_EDCCA_HL_diff for Adaptivity (int)
parm: rtw_amplifier_type_2g:BIT3:2G ext-PA, BIT4:2G ext-LNA (uint)
parm: rtw_amplifier_type_5g:BIT6:5G ext-PA, BIT7:5G ext-LNA (uint)
parm: rtw_RFE_type:default init value:64 (uint)
parm: rtw_GLNA_type:default init value:0 (uint)
parm: rtw_TxBBSwing_2G:default init value:0xFF (uint)
parm: rtw_TxBBSwing_5G:default init value:0xFF (uint)
parm: rtw_OffEfuseMask:default open Efuse Mask value:0 (uint)
parm: rtw_FileMaskEfuse:default drv Mask Efuse value:0 (uint)
parm: rtw_pll_ref_clk_sel:force pll_ref_clk_sel, 0xF:use autoload value (uint)
parm: rtw_tx_pwr_lmt_enable:0:Disable, 1:Enable, 2: Depend on efuse (int)
parm: rtw_tx_pwr_by_rate:0:Disable, 1:Enable, 2: Depend on efuse (int)
parm: rtw_target_tx_pwr_2g_a:2.4G target tx power (unit:dBm) of RF path A for each rate section, should match the real calibrate power, -1: undefined (array of int)
parm: rtw_target_tx_pwr_2g_b:2.4G target tx power (unit:dBm) of RF path B for each rate section, should match the real calibrate power, -1: undefined (array of int)
parm: rtw_target_tx_pwr_2g_c:2.4G target tx power (unit:dBm) of RF path C for each rate section, should match the real calibrate power, -1: undefined (array of int)
parm: rtw_target_tx_pwr_2g_d:2.4G target tx power (unit:dBm) of RF path D for each rate section, should match the real calibrate power, -1: undefined (array of int)
parm: rtw_phy_file_path:The path of phy parameter (charp)
parm: rtw_load_phy_file:PHY File Bit Map (int)
parm: rtw_decrypt_phy_file:Enable Decrypt PHY File (int)