/rtl8821CU

Realtek 802.11ac USB WLAN driver

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

rtl8821CU

Build Status

Drivers for rtl8811CU and rtl8821CU Wi-Fi chipsets. This repository is based on soruce code found on a CD shipped with a rtl8811CU based card. It's updated to build on newer kernel versions.

Build and install

Use following commands in source directory:

make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8821cu

Raspberry Pi

To build this driver on Raspberry Pi you need to set correct platform in Makefile. Change

CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = y
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI3 = n

to

CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = y
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI3 = n

For the Raspberry Pi 3 you need to change it to

CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI3 = y