TL-WN823N: how to get it working with rtl8192

[Tuplad]

Step 1

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt-get update

Install the rtl8192eu-dkms package.

Step 2
Run lshw -class network and find the wireless interface (enx18a6f7072dad in my case)

Step 3
Run sudo ifconfig enx18a6f7072dad up to get it up and running.

Step 4
Restart the network manager: sudo service network-manager restart


How I solved it:

Downloaded the official drivers from their website:

sudo make
"******************************************"
"NO SKRC,we will use default KSRC"
"******************************************"
make ARCH=i386 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-34-generic/build M=/home/vlad/TL-WN823N(EU)_V2_160315_Linux/Driver  modules
/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Makefile:1696: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2

I tried the following methods with no success:
rtl8192cu-fixes
some guy at raspberry pi forums compiling drivers

What helped me ?
wireless-info

Even after plugging the stick in and out it would get recognized by ifconfig:

##### lsmod #############################

cfg80211              499712  0

##### interfaces ########################

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

##### ifconfig ##########################

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr <MAC 'eth0' [IF1]>  
          inet addr:192.168.1.18  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::<IP6 'eth0' [IF1]>/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:52616 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17897 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:72949534 (72.9 MB)  TX bytes:1916594 (1.9 MB)

##### iwconfig ##########################

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Ran lsusb, found the dongle:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2357:0109

Googled some more, found this topic: TP-LINK TL-WN823N Unable to connect to network

Added this repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt-get update

Install the rtl8192eu-dkms package afterwards.

Once it's installed, run lshw -class network:

  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 6c:62:6d:e8:02:1f
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.1-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.18 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:29 memory:febc0000-febfffff ioport:ec00(size=128)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@1:6
       logical name: enx18a6f7072dad
       serial: 18:a6:f7:07:2d:ad
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192eu multicast=yes wireless=unassociated

Now I have a network called enx18a6f7072dad. Run sudo ifconfig enx18a6f7072dad up to get it up and running.

Now the last thing you need to do is restart the network manager: sudo service network-manager restart

[kenlibero]

Tuplad I love you

In the last days I followed exactly the same path you did to make TL-WN823N-V2 work, but I was missing the last two commads (ifconfig up and network manager restart)
In my case the interface has a different name, but now is up and working.

I installed the rtl8192eu driver downloading it from here
http://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver
instead of the repository you wrote, but I guess it's the same.

I confirm this good guide works for 4.4.0.64 kernel on linux mint 18.1 serena 64 bit.

Thank you so much for your sharing Touplad