iyingok / rtl8188eus

Wifi driver support for rtl8188eu, rtl8188eus and rtl8188etv chips and working under the new linux kernel (5.1.x).

rtl8188eus

Wifi driver support for rtl8188eu, rtl8188eus and rtl8188etv chips and working under the new linux kernel (5.1.x). More information about your wifi device can be found here: https://wikidevi.com.

Compiling & Building

Dependencies

To compile the driver, you need to have make and a compiler installed. In addition, you must have the kernel headers installed. If you do not understand what this means, consult your distro. if compile a new kernel, you will need to set two parameters with make: KSRC=path_to_kernel_source and KVER=kernel_version. The same goes for installation.

Download

git clone -b v5.2.2.4 https://github.com/quickreflex/rtl8188eus.git
cd rtl8188eu

Compiling & Installing

make all
make install

Or with DKMS

dkms add .
dkms build 8188eu/1.0
dkms install 8188eu/1.0

Switch modes

Supported interface modes

* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* monitor
* P2P-client
* P2P-GO

For setting interface modes

ifconfig wlan0 down
iw dev wlan0 set type managed
ifconfig wlan0 up

For setting TX power

iw wlan0 set txpower fixed 1300