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Alfa AWUS036ACU

Open Majdoddin opened this issue 1 year ago • 6 comments

this device seems to have Chipset Realtek RTL8812BU, not mt7921aun

source: https://alfa-network.eu/awus036acu

Majdoddin avatar Apr 25 '24 15:04 Majdoddin

Hi @Majdoddin

this device seems to have Chipset Realtek RTL8812BU

I have one. Yes, it has a rtl8812bu chipset.

What is your source that says it has a mt7921au chipset?

morrownr avatar Apr 25 '24 15:04 morrownr

sorry, I was confused. I bought this device this weak and it has chipset RTL88x2bu (same series as RTL8812BU?). This can be checked from ALFA (check Linux Hardware). Not a big issue, because this chip uses the same in-kernel driver as rtl8812bu: check here and here.

I should mention that the in-kernel driver is available from kernel >=6.2, meaning current Debian stable (kernel 6.1) does not have it. I had to backport-upgrade my kernel to get it run.

Majdoddin avatar May 02 '24 10:05 Majdoddin

Debian 12 has kernel 6.6 LTS available. That is what I use. It works well.

rtw88 does not yet support USB3 for the rtl8812bu so speed is limited but it is fast enough to not be a problem for most people. Hopefully that can be fixed this year.

morrownr avatar May 02 '24 13:05 morrownr

i bought a AWUS036ACU, not working with kali 2023.2 x64. Does Anyone have the same issue ?

s888li avatar Sep 06 '24 06:09 s888li

i bought a AWUS036ACU, not working with kali 2023.2 x64. Does Anyone have the same issue ?

What kernel is kali 2023.2?

bjlockie avatar Sep 06 '24 13:09 bjlockie

Hi @s888li

not working with kali 2023.2 x64

Before I give you some options, tell me what your intended purpose is with the adapter. Generally those using Kali are looking for an adapter that works well with monitor mode.

morrownr avatar Sep 06 '24 15:09 morrownr