Realtek RTL8812BU Driver for Linux

Driver for 802.11ac USB adapter with RTL8812BU chipset, only STA/Monitor mode is supported, no AP mode.

A few known wireless cards that use this driver include:

• Fastoe AC1200 USB Wi-Fi Adapter
• Cudy WU1200 AC1200 High Gain USB Wi-Fi Adapter
• TP-Link Archer T3U
• TP-Link Archer T3U Plus
• TP-Link Archer T4U V3
• Linksys WUSB6400M
• Dlink DWA-181
• Dlink DWA-182

Currently tested with Linux kernel 4.12.14/4.15.0/5.3.0 on X86_64 platform only.

For Raspberry Pi

• https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU_for_Raspbian

DKMS installation

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install dkms git bc
git clone https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU.git
cd RTL8812BU
VER=$(sed -n 's/\PACKAGE_VERSION="\(.*\)"/\1/p' dkms.conf)
sudo rsync -rvhP ./ /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-${VER}
sudo dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms build -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo modprobe 88x2bu
sudo reboot

For setting monitor mode:

# configure for monitor mode
sed -i 's/CONFIG_80211W = n/CONFIG_80211W = y/' Makefile
sed -i 's/CONFIG_WIFI_MONITOR = n/CONFIG_WIFI_MONITOR = y/' Makefile

make
sudo make install
sudo ip link set wlx1cbfcea97791 down
sudo iw wlx1cbfcea97791 set monitor none
sudo ip link set wlx1cbfcea97791 up

For 5.10 kernel, please clone the v5.6.1 branch:

clone the new branch:
git clone -b v5.6.1 https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU.git
cd RTL8812BU
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot

Enjoy!