>On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Larry Dighera <ldigh...@att.net> wrote: > >> Which Debian Stretch package provides firmware for the Realtek >> RTL8814U chip? In particular, the Comfast CF-917AC 1750Mbps USB3 >> adapter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B75MHR0 . >> >> Kali Linux supports the RTL8814 natively: >> https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-20171-release/ . Further, there >> are some clues here: https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=3260 >> https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU >> https://github.com/astsam/rtl8812au >> https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new >> >> But, I'm looking for an "official" Debian firmware package. >> >> I wasn't able to find the rt8814 mentioned here: >> https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages nor here: >> http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_chipset.php?chipset=Realtek >> nor here: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers >> On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 18:57:44 -0400, Jason Wittlin-Cohen <jwittlinco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have the Edimax EW-7822UAC (2x2 802.11ac) which uses the rtl8812AU >chipset. I can confirm that the firmware-realtek package does not contain >support for the rtl8812AU chipset, and presumably also does not >support the RTL8814U >chipset. Neither are listed on https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x. In >contrast, Ubuntu and its derivatives, such as Mint, do package this >driver. For example, see >https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/kernel/rtl8812au-dkms. > >Fortunately, I was able to compile and install the rtl8812AU driver from >https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU without difficulty. I have >been using this wireless card on a desktop system with Stretch. It has >been reliable and I had no problem configuring it with networks running >WPA2-PSK and WPA2-Enterprise (EAP-TLS). I'm getting speeds around 300 >Mbit/sec @ 65-70 dbm when connected to a Ubiquiti AC-LR. In contrast, Mint >installed the driver for me without issue but had constant issues with >EAP-TLS due to bugs in network-manager. > Hello Jason, Thank you for the information you have provided. Is there a chance the rtl8814AU driver might be available as a backport? I was hoping that I wouldn't have to compile the driver, but your experience has left little doubt that it will be necessary. Although I have successfully built several Software Defined Radio applications, I've never been successful in building drivers. Will ModuleAssistant <https://wiki.debian.org/ModuleAssistant> assist in building the driver? Or is there another "assistant" package that may be of help? Best regards, Larry