Installing "Driverless" WiFi Adapter
I bought a "driverless" WiFi adapter because my optical drive reader is not working.
In Windows, when first plugged in, it acts as a 17MB usb flash drive that contains autoinstall executables for Windows and Mac. When executed, it no longer functions as a flash drive and only as WiFi adapter. It works perfectly.
I also want to install it in my second laptop which runs Ubuntu. However, even after following instructions from multiple sources online, I failed to make it work. I think the problem here is that the instructions assume that the adapter is ONLY an adapter. Any help?
The adapter has Realtek rtl8811cu.
Re: Installing "Driverless" WiFi Adapter
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Re: Installing "Driverless" WiFi Adapter
What instructions have you followed? Did you install the package usb_modeswitch? Did you install the appropriate Ubuntu driver for your device? Which one; a link would be very helpful. Please insert the device and run and post:
Re: Installing "Driverless" WiFi Adapter
https://github.com/brektrou/rtl8821CU this driver, with instructions in README.md. Everything went fine, but the adapter is still just a storage drive.
Here's the lsusb output:
Code:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:5a11 IMC Networks
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:1a2b Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:3506 IMC Networks
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Re: Installing "Driverless" WiFi Adapter
Did you install the package usb-modeswitch?
Code:
sudo dpkg -s usb-modeswitch | grep Status
Did you follow the other instruction from the github?
Code:
sudo usb_modeswitch -KW -v 0bda -p 1a2b