rtl8812au-5.9.3.2

Realtek 8812AU driver version 5.9.3.2 ** NOW OBSOLETE **

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No longer supported, please try https://github.com/morrownr/8812au

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Only supports 8812AU chipset.

Builds clean with no errors on kernels 5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12. Fully tested on kernel 5.4 with no dmesg badness, wavemon working fine, good speeds etc. Partially tested on kernels 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12 with no dmesg badness, and wavemon working fine.

Building

To build and install module manually:

$ make
$ sudo make install

To use dkms install:

  (as root, or sudo) copy source folder contents to /usr/src/rtl8812au-5.9.3.2

$ sudo dkms add -m rtl8812au -v 5.9.3.2
$ sudo dkms build -m rtl8812au -v 5.9.3.2
$ sudo dkms install -m rtl8812au -v 5.9.3.2

To use dkms uninstall and remove:

$ sudo dkms remove -m rtl8812au -v 5.9.3.2 --all

NetworkManager

As others have noted, people using NetworkManager need to add this stanza to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

  [device]
  wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no