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Third Party Hardware => General Discussion => Topic started by: tle on February 02, 2020, 10:04:58 am
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Well this reliable TP-LINK TL-WN725N V2 Wifi dongle aren't working out of the box on Fedora 32 (rawhide). However it is simple enough to find and install driver:
NOTE: There is issue with the `Makefile`, I have lodge a patch at https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/pull/311, let's hope this Pull Request get merged soon.
$ uname -ar
Linux orion.dev 5.4.15-200.fc31.ppc64le #1 SMP Tue Jan 28 08:53:13 UTC 2020 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
$ sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries"
$ cd /tmp
$ sudo dnf install kernel-devel
$ git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.git
$ cd rtl8188eu
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo depmod -a
$ sudo dracut -c -f -force
$ sudo modprobe 8188eu
$ modinfo 8188eu
filename: /lib/modules/5.4.15-200.fc31.ppc64le/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8188eu.ko
version: v4.1.4_6773.20130222
author: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
description: Realtek Wireless Lan Driver
license: GPL
srcversion: 762D07FBEAF35B1366430A8
alias: usb:v2357p0111d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v2357p010Cd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v056Ep4008d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v2001p331Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v2001p3311d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v2001p3310d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v2001p330Fd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0DF6p0076d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v07B8p8179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp0179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp8179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
depends:
name: 8188eu
vermagic: 5.4.15-200.fc31.ppc64le SMP mod_unload mprofile-kernel relocatable
parm: rtw_ips_mode:The default IPS mode (int)
parm: ifname:The default name to allocate for first interface (charp)
parm: if2name:The default name to allocate for second interface (charp)
parm: rtw_initmac:charp
parm: rtw_channel_plan:int
parm: rtw_chip_version:int
parm: rtw_rfintfs:int
parm: rtw_lbkmode:int
parm: rtw_network_mode:int
parm: rtw_channel:int
parm: rtw_mp_mode:int
parm: rtw_wmm_enable:int
parm: rtw_vrtl_carrier_sense:int
parm: rtw_vcs_type:int
parm: rtw_busy_thresh:int
parm: rtw_led_enable:int
parm: rtw_ht_enable:int
parm: rtw_cbw40_enable:int
parm: rtw_ampdu_enable:int
parm: rtw_rx_stbc:int
parm: rtw_ampdu_amsdu:int
parm: rtw_lowrate_two_xmit:int
parm: rtw_rf_config:int
parm: rtw_power_mgnt:int
parm: rtw_smart_ps:int
parm: rtw_low_power:int
parm: rtw_wifi_spec:int
parm: rtw_antdiv_cfg:int
parm: rtw_antdiv_type:int
parm: rtw_enusbss:int
parm: rtw_hwpdn_mode:int
parm: rtw_hwpwrp_detect:int
parm: rtw_hw_wps_pbc:int
parm: rtw_max_roaming_times:The max roaming times to try (uint)
parm: rtw_fw_iol:FW IOL (int)
parm: rtw_mc2u_disable:int
parm: rtw_80211d:Enable 802.11d mechanism (int)
parm: rtw_notch_filter:0:Disable, 1:Enable, 2:Enable only for P2P (uint)
parm: debug:Set debug level (1-9) (default 1) (int)
# Fix SSID scanning
# Ref: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/issues/158
$ cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/80-wifi.conf <<EOF
[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
EOF
$ systemctl restart NetworkManager
$ nmcli device
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
wlP3p1s0u2 wifi disconnected --
That's pretty much the gist. Keep on rocking folks.
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I had some trouble with a wired Ethernet dongle earlier. It wouldn't come up in Petitboot, so it didn't come up (automatically) in Fedora until I hotplugged it. Does this have that issue?
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I had some trouble with a wired Ethernet dongle earlier. It wouldn't come up in Petitboot, so it didn't come up (automatically) in Fedora until I hotplugged it. Does this have that issue?
Which product are you using? I do not have the similar issue with this dongle.
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Old Trendnet thing.