rtl8812au: A C repository from JakubVanek

Realtek rtl8812au driver version 5.7.0

Supports 8811AU/8812AU and 8821AU chipsets. Realtek RTL8814AU is not supported in this anymore!

Builds clean with no errors on kernels 5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10. 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 with no dmesg badness, and wavemon working fine.

Notes

Download

$ git clone -b v5.7.0 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl*

Package / Build dependencies (Kali)

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libelf-dev linux-headers-`uname -r`

For Raspberry (RPI)

$ sudo apt-get install raspberrypi-kernel-headers

Then run this step to change platform in Makefile, For RPI 1/2/3/ & 0/Zero:

$ sed -i 's/CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = y/CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = n/g' Makefile
$ sed -i 's/CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = n/CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = y/g' Makefile

But for RPI 3B+ & 4B you will need to run those below which builds the ARM64 arch driver:

$ sed -i 's/CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = y/CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = n/g' Makefile
$ sed -i 's/CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM64_RPI = n/CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM64_RPI = y/g' Makefile

For setting monitor mode

Fix problematic interference in monitor mode.

$ airmon-ng check kill

You may also uncheck the box "Automatically connect to this network when it is avaiable" in nm-connection-editor. This only works if you have a saved wifi connection.

Set interface down

$ sudo ip link set wlan0 down

Set monitor mode

$ sudo iw dev wlan0 set type monitor

Set interface up

$ sudo ip link set wlan0 up

For setting TX power

$ sudo iw wlan0 set txpower fixed 3000

LED control

statically by module parameter in /etc/modprobe.d/8812au.conf or wherever, for example:

options 88XXau rtw_led_ctrl=0

value can be 0 or 1

or dynamically by writing to /proc/net/rtl8812au/$(your interface name)/led_ctrl, for example:

$ echo "0" > /proc/net/rtl8812au/$(your interface name)/led_ctrl

value can be 0 or 1

check current value:

$ cat /proc/net/rtl8812au/$(your interface name)/led_ctrl

USB Mode Switch

0: doesn't switch, 1: switch from usb2.0 to usb 3.0 2: switch from usb3.0 to usb 2.0

$ rmmod 88XXau
$ modprobe 88XXau rtw_switch_usb_mode=int (0: no switch 1: switch from usb2 to usb3 2: switch from usb3 to usb2)

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

at the end of file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and restart NetworkManager with the command:

$ sudo service NetworkManager restart

Credits / Contributors

Realtek       - https://www.realtek.com.tw
Alfa Networks - https://www.alfa.com.tw
aircrack-ng   - https://www.aircrack-ng.org

astsam        - https://github.com/astsam
evilphish     - https://github.com/evilphish
fariouche     - https://github.com/fariouche
CGarces       - https://github.com/CGarces
ZerBea        - https://github.com/ZerBea
lwfinger      - https://github.com/lwfinger
Ulli-Kroll.   - https://github.com/Ulli-Kroll

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