How to make TP-Link Archer T3U work?

I am trying to get this working again after having to change my kernel

$ inxi -Nazy

Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200

$ pamac build rtl8822bu-dkms-git

See this log …

$ pamac list --installed | egrep “linux[0-9]{2,3}-headers”

linux414-headers                   4.14.277-1                    core       89.5 MB
linux510-headers                   5.10.114-1                    core       129.7 MB
linux515-headers                   5.15.38-1                     core       138.5 MB
linux517-headers                   5.17.6-1                      core       143.8 MB
linux54-headers                    5.4.192-1                     core       119.1 MB

I have re-booted but I cannot see wifi in Networks

Hi @psionman ,
I wonder whether you can read the following post in order to solve your problem or give use some extra information about your system.

I read the log and the transactions were successfully, as I could understand.

Attempting to Setup TP-Link Archer T3U Plus, Discovered USB Not Working (!) [SOLVED, (with T3U Driver Info)]

Hope this help, regards

Thanks

I’ve read that and it appears that the problem there is a 32-bit version of libusb

I get

$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:0892 Logitech, Inc. C920 HD Pro Webcam
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 04e8:327e Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd ML-2510 Series
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 2357:012d TP-Link Archer T3U [Realtek RTL8812BU]
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

What sort of extra information could I give?

uninstall the rtl8822bu-dkms-git driver then reboot, install it again and reboot

Thanks - t ried that. Still no sign of wifi networks

I have looked at this post and

$ sudo modprobe rtl88x2bu
$ sudo modprobe 88x2bu
$ sudo modprobe rtl88x2bu-dkms

all fail

Hi @psionman,

I did some searching and came across this page, which seems like it might be it. And the 88x2bu driver is in the AUR:

$ pamac search 88x2bu
rtl88x2bu-dkms-git                                                                                                                                                                                                               5.13.1.r149.7f96b19-1  AUR
Kernel module for Realtek rtl88x2bu WiFi chipset

So, uninstall the other one:

pamac remove rtl8822bu-dkms-git

And install this one:

pamac build rtl88x2bu-dkms-git

If successful, reboot and see if it works.

Hope this helps!

you didnt provide any info on your system:
inxi -Fazy

Hi @2old4gaming,

Please rather start a new thread than hijacking an existing/old one.

Also, in order for us, or anyone for that matter, to be able to provide assistance, more information is necessary. To that end, please see:

Hope you manage!


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@psionman From the chip ID of your card (10ec:8168) and this page, it seems that this other driver is more appropriate for your card: AUR (en) - r8168-dkms

After installing and rebooting you have to make sure that the correct module is being used, for example with inxi. If your card is still using the r8169 driver, probably you have to blacklist it.