need help to install Tp link wn821n on centos 7

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need help to install Tp link wn821n on centos 7

Post by vsimosis » 2020/11/13 15:15:35

hello to all,

i am a new centos 7 user and i want to setup wifi stick tp link wn821n on centos 7. is there any setup tool. thanks

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Re: need help to install Tp link wn821n on centos 7

Post by TrevorH » 2020/11/13 19:42:57

Post the output from lspci -nn | grep -i net so that we can see the adapter. If it is a USB adapter then post the relevant output line from lsusb.py instead.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
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Re: need help to install Tp link wn821n on centos 7

Post by vsimosis » 2020/11/14 08:10:01

[vsimosis@localhost ~]$ lspci -nn | grep -i net
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
[vsimosis@localhost ~]$

i run lsusb and the output is

[vsimosis@localhost ~]$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2357:0107 TP-Link TL-WN821N v5/v6 [RTL8192EU]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6340 Microdia Camera
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1c4f:0034 SiGma Micro XM102K Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[vsimosis@localhost ~]$ ^C
[vsimosis@localhost ~]$

it is a usb stick and i tried to run lsusb.pu but it tells me command not found

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Re: need help to install Tp link wn821n on centos 7

Post by TrevorH » 2020/11/14 12:54:46

Sorry, that was a typo in my reply, should have been lsusb.py but lsusb does just as well so no need to run it now.

I checked on my CentOS 7 system and I cannot find anything that supports that chipset. Your best chance of finding a driver for it is to Google "ELRepo", find their bugtracker, raise a ticket there called a Request For Enhancement (RFE) and ask them if they might be able to build the rtl8192eu kernel module as a kmod package.

It doesn't appear to be supported on CentOS 8 either.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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