Wifi module for Realtek RTL8811AU based Wifi module

  • I have an old EDIMAX EW-7811Un (RTL8188CUS) wifi usb stick that works great, but doesn't have enough bandwidth or range to reach my install location, so I bought a white boxed Realtek RTL8811AU based 802.11AC adapter.

    lsusb:

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    # lsusb
    Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:c811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

    It's got a bogus serial number, but the device works ok in other distros.

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    relevant dmesg output:
    [  547.576490@0] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
    [  547.677445@0] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=c811
    [  547.677457@0] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
    [  547.677462@0] usb 1-1.1: Product: 802.11ac NIC
    [  547.677467@0] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Realtek
    [  547.677472@0] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 123456

    Is there a wiki on adding specific wifi modules to the LE kernel?


    This is an ODROID-C2 system I'm running from.