How to install Edimax EW-7811UTC AC600 Wireless USB with no internet (no ethernet)

[leo18]

Hi Guys,

I've recently bought a new USB wireless adapter from EDIMAX model EW-7811UTC AC600 Dual-Band. Works like a charm on Win7, however I'm having trouble installing it on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTE. In the instruction manual it states that "An active connection is required for Linux driver installation"
Having no access to wired network I'm unable to follow the steps in manual and was wondering whether there's an alternative way of installing it without the internet connection.

Installation Manual for Linux:

http://www.edimax.com/images/Image/Q...English%29.pdf

With my purchase I have received a cd with drivers:

rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux_v4.2.2_7502.20130517_fix_le d.tar.gz

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 7392:a811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd

Would like to add that I'm an absolute newbie and would appreciate if anybody could advise what steps needs to be taken to successfully install this USB adapter.

[chili555]

Here is how you install it in about five minutes.

Leo: "Hey, friend, can I borrow your ethernet connection for just a few minutes? I brought along six of your favorite beverage."

Friend: "Sure, Leo, glad to help you! Let me put a couple of those beverages on ice."

You then open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au.git
cd ~/rtl8812au
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au

Your wireless should now be working. Detach the ethernet, thank the friend and enjoy!

Here is how to do it in about five days...maybe.

Go here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/

Select Trusty in the drop-down box. Search for linux-headers-generic, build-essential and git. Be sure to locate their dependencies and the dependencies of the dependencies. Be sure to download the correct version, either 32- or 64-bit. Once you've download about fifteen or so packages on another computer, transfer them with a USB stick or similar to the desktop of your Ubuntu computer. Open a terminal and install them:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

It may complain that a package is missing a dependency. If so, download that and add it to the desktop and try again.

Write many posts on the forum to tell old Chili how you're stuck. Rinse and repeat.

Once that's all done, get this: https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au/archive/master.zip Download it and then transfer it to your desktop, too. Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.' Now, back to the terminal.

cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812au-master
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au

Your wireless should now be working.

Questions? Concerns??

[leo18]

Hi Chili, many thanks for comprehensive response. I'd prefer 5 min option with a friend over 5 days solution. Too bad that all of my friends consider ethernet cables as ancient technology. Easy fix as I've ordered a cheap ethernet cable over ebay I don't mind waiting bit longer to get this running smooth. Will post back next week once the cable arrives. Thanks

[chili555]

Hi Chili, many thanks for comprehensive response. I'd prefer 5 min option with a friend over 5 days solution. Too bad that all of my friends consider ethernet cables as ancient technology. Easy fix as I've ordered a cheap ethernet cable over ebay I don't mind waiting bit longer to get this running smooth. Will post back next week once the cable arrives. Thanks

I look forward to your post and please spend as much on the beverages as on the cable! Good luck!

[leo18]

Chili you probably heard it not once, not twice but you are a lifesaver !!! I've tried the first solution with ethernet cable and it worked perfect. I'm now able to connect to 5Ghz wifi network over my EDIMAX EW-7811UTC AC600 Wireless dual band mini USB Adapter. Highly recommend this device previously on Win7 with different 2Ghz usb dongle was getting download speeds between 40-45 Mbps, now on 5Ghz connection gettin download speeds over 60 Mbps!!!

For those that have a freshly installed copy of 14.04 LTE before applying the steps suggested by chili555 make sure to go to "Software & Updates" and under ubuntu software tab tick all downloadable options and select download from Main Server, otherwise like in my case you may get "Package build-essential is not available" type of error.

Once again Many Thanks for your help Chili!

[chili555]

Awesome! Glad it's working.

You have compiled the driver only for your currently running kernel. When Software Updater installs a newer linux-image, after the requested reboot, you will need to re-compile:

cd ~/rtl8812au
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au

Please retain the files and these instructions for that time.

[leo18]

Hi Chili, thanks for bringing this up certainly it will come useful after installing the updates

[harmkuiper]

Thanks Chili555 and Leo18 for giving me hope that i can resolve this. I spend quite some time yesterday to USB move 9 packages to get build-essential installed on my 12.04 box. I thought i had it working but then the make failed using the official driver. I am going to see if i can use that git based driver

Keywords for others so they can find this thread
Sitecom AC600, no internet, offline instructions, USB Hell, installation instructions, build-essential not installed

[chili555]

Thanks Chili555 and Leo18 for giving me hope that i can resolve this. I spend quite some time yesterday to USB move 9 packages to get build-essential installed on my 12.04 box. I thought i had it working but then the make failed using the official driver. I am going to see if i can use that git based driver

The git based driver also requires build-essential and linux-headers-generic and all their dependencies.

[harmkuiper]

The git based driver also requires build-essential and linux-headers-generic and all their dependencies.

Hey Chili555,

So far a bit more luck, but still no luck getting the driver to work. The make clean > make > sudo make > modprobe work fine but the adopter doesnt work. (listed in lsusb)

Build-Essential is installed and Linux-Header-Generic (3.2.0-65._3.2.0-65.99_all, 3.2.0-65-generic_3.2.0-65-99_amd64, 3.2.0.65.77_amd64) installed as well.

During the make (without sudo) i do get some errors, though in your other post (link) you resolve by using the git archive. Which i am also using (June 11th 19:17 version).

Could you please help? Also: hijacking thread

make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/3.11.0-15-generic/build M=/home/harm/rtl8812au-master  modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.11.0-15-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_security.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_debug.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_io.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_wlan_util.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_vht.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_pwrctrl.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_recv.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_sta_mgt.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_ap.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_xmit.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_p2p.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_tdls.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_br_ext.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_iol.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_sreset.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/efuse/rtw_efuse.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/osdep_service.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/usb_intf.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/usb_ops_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/xmit_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/mlme_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/recv_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/hal_intf.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/hal_com.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/hal_com_phycfg.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/hal_phy.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/led/hal_usb_led.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/HalPwrSeqCmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/Hal8812PwrSeq.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/Hal8821APwrSeq.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_xmit.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_sreset.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_hal_init.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_phycfg.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_rf6052.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_rxdesc.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/usb/usb_halinit.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/usb/rtl8812au_led.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/usb/rtl8812au_xmit.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/usb/rtl8812au_recv.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/usb/usb_ops_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/rtl8812a/rtl8812a_mp.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/odm_debug.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/odm_interface.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/odm_HWConfig.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/odm.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/HalPhyRf.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_FW.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_MAC.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_BB.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_RF.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_TestChip_FW.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_TestChip_MAC.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_TestChip_BB.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalHWImg8812A_TestChip_RF.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/HalPhyRf_8812A.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8812a/odm_RegConfig8812A.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalHWImg8821A_FW.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalHWImg8821A_MAC.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalHWImg8821A_BB.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalHWImg8821A_RF.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalHWImg8821A_TestChip_MAC.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalHWImg8821A_TestChip_BB.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalHWImg8821A_TestChip_RF.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/HalPhyRf_8821A.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/hal/OUTSRC/rtl8821a/odm_RegConfig8821A.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_mp.o
  CC [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/core/rtw_mp_ioctl.o
  LD [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/8812au.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/8812au.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/harm/rtl8812au-master/8812au.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.11.0-15-generic'

oops, the error code doesnt show. Will update later