Ubuntu 13.04 + WiFi-adapter USB TP-LINK TL-WN8200ND (RTL8192CU). How to connect?

**AlekseyEii** · June 5th, 2013

All steps below didn't help me :-\
What else?

Adapter TP-LINK TL-WN8200ND 802.11n Wireless USB: http://www.tp-linkru.com/products/de...el=TL-WN8200ND
Chipset RTL8192CU: http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/p...n=4&ProdID=277
OS Ubuntu 13.04 all updates installed
On another notebook with Win7 It works fine
It notebook already has internal WiFi, I bought this adapter to connect to another Wireless networks with low level signal

Ours device: Device 004: ID 2357:0100

Code:

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2357:0100
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2232:1028

Code:

modprobe -c | grep -i 0bda | grep 8176
alias usb:v0BDAp8176d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* rtl8192cu

It nothing says:

Code:

lsmod | grep "^rtl8\|^8"

These errors show when I tried to install drivers from Realtek's website. I cut list of unpacked file to short message.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Downloads=true

Code:

sudo /home/mwa/r/install.sh 
[sudo] password for mwa: 
##################################################
Realtek Wi-Fi driver Auto installation script
Novembor, 21 2011 v1.1.0
##################################################
Decompress the driver source tar ball:
    rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105.tar.gz
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105/
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105/clean
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105/include/
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105/include/ieee80211.h
...
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105/hal/hal_init.c
clean
core
hal
ifcfg-wlan0
include
Kconfig
Makefile
os_dep
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105
wlan0dhcp
/home/mwa/r/install.sh: line 25: cd: clean: It isn't folder
Authentication requested [root] for make clean:
rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko *~
rm .tmp_versions -fr ; rm Module.symvers -fr
rm -fr Module.markers ; rm -fr modules.order
cd core/efuse ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
cd core ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko 
cd hal/rtl8192c/usb ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko 
cd hal/rtl8192c ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko 
cd hal ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko 
cd os_dep/linux ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko 
cd os_dep ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko 
Authentication requested [root] for make driver:
make ARCH=i386 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-23-generic/build M=/home/mwa/r/driver  modules
make[1]: Enter in folder `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-23-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/mwa/r/driver/core/rtw_cmd.o
In file included from /home/mwa/r/driver/core/rtw_cmd.c:23:0:
/home/mwa/r/driver/include/osdep_service.h: In function «thread_enter»:
/home/mwa/r/driver/include/osdep_service.h:575:2: error: implicit declaration of function «daemonize» [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
cc1: Some warnings are treated as errors
make[2]: *** [/home/mwa/r/driver/core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/mwa/r/driver] Error 2
make[1]: Exit form folder `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-23-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
##################################################
Compile make driver error: 2
Please check error Mesg
##################################################

To blacklist added, reboot, It didn't help

Code:

blacklist rtl8192c_common
blacklist rtlwifi
blacklist rtl8192cu

**ahallubuntu** · June 5th, 2013

~

**AlekseyEii** · June 12th, 2013

I installed this package.

nothing changes
I can't find how to uninstall it ))

Originally Posted by ahallubuntu

Try the patch of this driver (post #9) or the Debian package in the post (#10) right below:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...6#post12620866

**AlekseyEii** · June 13th, 2013

Maybe some good man gives an advice to me? What can I do else?

**jordanroszmann** · September 25th, 2013

I struggled all day to get mine working, and in the end NDISwrapper worked for me in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Linux kernel 3.2.0, with i686 (32 bit) architecture

I don't know if this will help you with Linux 13.04, but it seems possible, and I want to write down my steps because there seem to be many of us struggling to use this adapter with linux.

NOTE: I do not fully understand (or remember) exactly what I did. I will appreciate any corrections.

The steps that worked for me:

1) Build and install ndiswrapper 1.58 (Version 1.57 from Synaptic did not work for me.)

i) Download the tar.gz: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/

ii) Use the terminal extract and then move the resulting folder to /usr/src:

Code:

cd Downloads
tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.58.tar.gz
sudo mv ndiswrapper-1.58 /usr/src 
cd /usr/src/ndiswrapper

iii) Build and install.

Code:

make
make install

2) Install the ndiswrapper gui using the Software Center:

"Windows Wireless Drivers" (Ndiswrapper driver installation tool)

3) Install the windows XP driver using the gui.

i) Open "Windows Wireless Drivers"
ii) Click "Install New Driver
iii) I used the installation CD that came with the WN8200ND:

CD166A2/TL-WN8200ND/Driver Files/Windows XP 32bit/netrtwlanu.inf

iv) The window now says "Hardware present:Yes"

4) After rebooting the USB adapter is working.

I also have an integrated wireless adapter which I turned off by blacklisting its driver.

1) Find the driver: The following command in the terminal shows the USB adapter with driver "ndiswrapper+netrtwlanu" and the integrated card with driver "b43".

Code:

  sudo lshw -c network

2) blacklist the integrated driver

i) Open the blacklist

Code:

 sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

ii) Add a line at the end (for me the driver name is b43):
blacklist b43

3) reboot

Final notes: Even with the ndiswrapper, lsusb does not identify the USB adapter by name. A patch for this appears to be in the pipe, and it looks like full support is on the way eventually.

**pete_moss2** · September 29th, 2013

SOLUTION for 3.8 Kernel!

I had been fighting with this issue for days and found a patched version of Realtek's drivers wrapped up in a DEB for 3.8 & 3.9 kernels.

https://code.google.com/p/realtek-81...9-ubuntu-1304/

Please "sticky" this, or share this link on other topic-related forum threads so everyone dealing with this issue can find this patched driver!

**MIJ-VI** · September 30th, 2013

Solution #2:

(Post #7) Realtek RTL8192CU Driver works under 13.10-beta2

[ubuntu] Realtek RTL8192CU Driver issues under 13.04
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2148130

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