TP-Link TL-WN722N driver [SOLVED]

[apiaio]

I'm trying to get the USB dongle working on my PC.

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# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 2357:010c TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS]

I set the rtl driver as a module in the kernel

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<M>   Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU USB Wireless Network Adapter

and firmware

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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="i915/adls_dmc_ver2_01.bin  i915/tgl_guc_70.bin  rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin"

Module is loaded

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# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
rtl8192cu             102400  0
rtl_usb                24576  1 rtl8192cu
rtl8192c_common        65536  1 rtl8192cu
rtlwifi               126976  3 rtl8192c_common,rtl_usb,rtl8192cu
mac80211             1187840  3 rtl_usb,rtl8192cu,rtlwifi
cfg80211             1089536  2 rtlwifi,mac80211
vboxnetflt             36864  0
vboxnetadp             24576  0
vboxdrv               536576  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
i915                 4268032  8
drm_buddy              20480  1 i915
ttm                    94208  1 i915
drm_client_lib         12288  1 i915
i2c_algo_bit           12288  1 i915
drm_display_helper    180224  1 i915
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    16384  0
drm_kms_helper        188416  3 drm_display_helper,drm_client_lib,i915
mei_pxp                12288  0
efivarfs               28672  1

but /dev doesn't contain any Wi-Fi devices.
Did I overlook something in the kernel config?

[grknight]

Try the RTL8XXXU driver instead. It is the only driver in the kernel which will support 2357:010C USB devices.

[NeddySeagoon]

apiaio,

Network devices do not get /dev entries.
What does

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ifconfig -a

show?
That lists all interfaces known to the kernel.
Without the -a, only interfaces that are up are shown.

[apiaio]

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# ifconfig -a
enp5s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.4  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::a236:bcff:fe22:fb18  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether a0:36:bc:22:fb:18  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 735  bytes 353529 (345.2 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 48  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 650  bytes 97717 (95.4 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 3 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 6  bytes 430 (430.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 6  bytes 430 (430.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

@grknight
I cant find any RTL8XXXU driver in my 6.18.3-gentoo kernel .config.

edit:
Sorry I have already found it.

[apiaio]

Thanks. Solved with RTL8XXXU driver.

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# ifconfig -a
enp5s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.4  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::a236:bcff:fe22:fb18  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether a0:36:bc:22:fb:18  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 83  bytes 7632 (7.4 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 12  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 75  bytes 6534 (6.3 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 3 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 6  bytes 430 (430.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 6  bytes 430 (430.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp0s20f0u11: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 50:3e:aa:50:27:34  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0