(info) 8812bu ok - worked. about 88x2bu-20210702 HOT 4 OPEN

Hi @cristian-ciobanu

so in kernel 6.3 and newer support for 88x2bu is stable enough and can be used without installing this out-of-kernel driver from this Github repo ?

This is true. I have been testing managed mode with kernels 6.3 and 6.4. The driver is to the point that it is working well in managed mode. Currently the in-kernel driver is not quite as fast as this driver but the difference is not big. I'd say that by the next LTS version of the kernel, the in-kernel driver with be in really good shape. I see this as a good thing as I only have a certain amount of time to work on this site and if I can retire this driver at some point, it will allow me to concentrate on other things.

Do you know also if AP support for this chipset is implemented in kernel 6.3 and running fine ?

So far I have only had time to test managed mode and it works well and is stable. It is on my to-do list to test AP and monitors modes. The driver says it supports AP mode. I'll bet that it does but do not know if there are any problems. I can set up to test but tell me what hardware and software you plan to use.

If you go to menu item 9 at the following link, which the site Main Menu, you can see my AP guide, which contains a lot of information:

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi

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You are welcome. It is unfortunate that the out-of-kernel driver from Realtek can be a challenge. I have tried to make it as easy as possible to install and update but there is only so much I can do. The goods news is that the Linux kernel now has an in-kernel, standards-compliant driver so at the point that you are using kernel 6.3 or later, you can remove this driver and your adapter should become less of a challenge to deal with. Let me know if you have any questions.

@morrownr

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@morrownr so in kernel 6.3 and newer support for 88x2bu is stable enough and can be used without installing this out-of-kernel driver from this Github repo ?

Do you know also if AP support for this chipset is implemented in kernel 6.3 and running fine ?

Thank you

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Hi @morrownr
Thanks for replying.

Right now I'm using the driver from this repository and I have an TP-Link Archer T3U Plus which I use it in AP mode. I had some problems with this driver since very often the SSID was disappearing and every time I needed to re-plug the device into the USB port and restart hostapd. Recently I found some information about this problem on another issue reported for this 88x2bu driver which recommended to disable power saving. So far in the last few days the connection seems stable.
That is one reason I asked if the in-kernel driver is working fine so I can switch and use it instead of this out-of-kernel driver.

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