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Wifi driver support for rtl8188eu, rtl8188eus and rtl8188etv chips and working under the new linux kernel (5.1.x).
rtl8188eus
Wifi driver support for rtl8188eu, rtl8188eus and rtl8188etv chips and working under the new linux kernel (5.1.x). More information about your wifi device can be found here: https://wikidevi.com.
Compiling & Building
Dependencies
To compile the driver, you need to have make and a compiler installed. In addition, you must have the kernel headers installed. If you do not understand what this means, consult your distro. if compile a new kernel, you will need to set two parameters with make: KSRC=path_to_kernel_source and KVER=kernel_version. The same goes for installation.
Download
git clone -b v5.2.2.4 https://github.com/quickreflex/rtl8188eus.git
cd rtl8188eu
Compiling & Installing
make all
make install
Or with DKMS
dkms add .
dkms build 8188eu/1.0
dkms install 8188eu/1.0
Switch modes
Supported interface modes
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* monitor
* P2P-client
* P2P-GO
For setting interface modes
ifconfig wlan0 down
iw dev wlan0 set type managed
ifconfig wlan0 up
For setting TX power
iw wlan0 set txpower fixed 1300