TP Link WN725N driver for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS running kernel 4.4












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I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04.3 with kernel version 3.19.0-25-generic and use the TP Link WN725N for Wi-fi.



I followed this guide for the driver installation otherwise I'd get barely any signal:



how to install tp link wn725n wifi usb adapter on ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS



I installed 16.04 with kernel 4.4 a week ago but the adapter didn't work out of the box so I followed the above method again but it didn't work. I was, like before, barely getting any signal.



Any way to get the drivers working for kernel 4.4?



EDIT: Output of lsusb as requested:



Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3c8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub









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  • Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command.

    – Pilot6
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  • I've posted the output

    – Kalol Party
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:19











  • Hold on, I will check the code.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:21











  • Are you asking about a USB or an internal PCI adapter? If it is about USB, then post output of lsusb.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:26






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    FWIW I think the WN725N 0bda:8179 is the rtl8188eu chipset. Out of the box for me, Ubuntu 16.04 is using the r8188eu driver and it seems to work. This post claims that the low signal strength is just a display issue. The device doesn't show up in iw dev though and can't be configured for hostapd. With earlier kernels, I installed from TP-Link's source. But it says it only supports up to 3.19.3.

    – rmarscher
    Sep 13 '16 at 19:27
















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I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04.3 with kernel version 3.19.0-25-generic and use the TP Link WN725N for Wi-fi.



I followed this guide for the driver installation otherwise I'd get barely any signal:



how to install tp link wn725n wifi usb adapter on ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS



I installed 16.04 with kernel 4.4 a week ago but the adapter didn't work out of the box so I followed the above method again but it didn't work. I was, like before, barely getting any signal.



Any way to get the drivers working for kernel 4.4?



EDIT: Output of lsusb as requested:



Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3c8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub









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  • Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 8:59











  • I've posted the output

    – Kalol Party
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:19











  • Hold on, I will check the code.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:21











  • Are you asking about a USB or an internal PCI adapter? If it is about USB, then post output of lsusb.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:26






  • 1





    FWIW I think the WN725N 0bda:8179 is the rtl8188eu chipset. Out of the box for me, Ubuntu 16.04 is using the r8188eu driver and it seems to work. This post claims that the low signal strength is just a display issue. The device doesn't show up in iw dev though and can't be configured for hostapd. With earlier kernels, I installed from TP-Link's source. But it says it only supports up to 3.19.3.

    – rmarscher
    Sep 13 '16 at 19:27














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I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04.3 with kernel version 3.19.0-25-generic and use the TP Link WN725N for Wi-fi.



I followed this guide for the driver installation otherwise I'd get barely any signal:



how to install tp link wn725n wifi usb adapter on ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS



I installed 16.04 with kernel 4.4 a week ago but the adapter didn't work out of the box so I followed the above method again but it didn't work. I was, like before, barely getting any signal.



Any way to get the drivers working for kernel 4.4?



EDIT: Output of lsusb as requested:



Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3c8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub









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I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04.3 with kernel version 3.19.0-25-generic and use the TP Link WN725N for Wi-fi.



I followed this guide for the driver installation otherwise I'd get barely any signal:



how to install tp link wn725n wifi usb adapter on ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS



I installed 16.04 with kernel 4.4 a week ago but the adapter didn't work out of the box so I followed the above method again but it didn't work. I was, like before, barely getting any signal.



Any way to get the drivers working for kernel 4.4?



EDIT: Output of lsusb as requested:



Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3c8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub






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  • Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 8:59











  • I've posted the output

    – Kalol Party
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:19











  • Hold on, I will check the code.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:21











  • Are you asking about a USB or an internal PCI adapter? If it is about USB, then post output of lsusb.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:26






  • 1





    FWIW I think the WN725N 0bda:8179 is the rtl8188eu chipset. Out of the box for me, Ubuntu 16.04 is using the r8188eu driver and it seems to work. This post claims that the low signal strength is just a display issue. The device doesn't show up in iw dev though and can't be configured for hostapd. With earlier kernels, I installed from TP-Link's source. But it says it only supports up to 3.19.3.

    – rmarscher
    Sep 13 '16 at 19:27



















  • Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 8:59











  • I've posted the output

    – Kalol Party
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:19











  • Hold on, I will check the code.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:21











  • Are you asking about a USB or an internal PCI adapter? If it is about USB, then post output of lsusb.

    – Pilot6
    Jul 31 '16 at 10:26






  • 1





    FWIW I think the WN725N 0bda:8179 is the rtl8188eu chipset. Out of the box for me, Ubuntu 16.04 is using the r8188eu driver and it seems to work. This post claims that the low signal strength is just a display issue. The device doesn't show up in iw dev though and can't be configured for hostapd. With earlier kernels, I installed from TP-Link's source. But it says it only supports up to 3.19.3.

    – rmarscher
    Sep 13 '16 at 19:27

















Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command.

– Pilot6
Jul 31 '16 at 8:59





Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command.

– Pilot6
Jul 31 '16 at 8:59













I've posted the output

– Kalol Party
Jul 31 '16 at 10:19





I've posted the output

– Kalol Party
Jul 31 '16 at 10:19













Hold on, I will check the code.

– Pilot6
Jul 31 '16 at 10:21





Hold on, I will check the code.

– Pilot6
Jul 31 '16 at 10:21













Are you asking about a USB or an internal PCI adapter? If it is about USB, then post output of lsusb.

– Pilot6
Jul 31 '16 at 10:26





Are you asking about a USB or an internal PCI adapter? If it is about USB, then post output of lsusb.

– Pilot6
Jul 31 '16 at 10:26




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FWIW I think the WN725N 0bda:8179 is the rtl8188eu chipset. Out of the box for me, Ubuntu 16.04 is using the r8188eu driver and it seems to work. This post claims that the low signal strength is just a display issue. The device doesn't show up in iw dev though and can't be configured for hostapd. With earlier kernels, I installed from TP-Link's source. But it says it only supports up to 3.19.3.

– rmarscher
Sep 13 '16 at 19:27





FWIW I think the WN725N 0bda:8179 is the rtl8188eu chipset. Out of the box for me, Ubuntu 16.04 is using the r8188eu driver and it seems to work. This post claims that the low signal strength is just a display issue. The device doesn't show up in iw dev though and can't be configured for hostapd. With earlier kernels, I installed from TP-Link's source. But it says it only supports up to 3.19.3.

– rmarscher
Sep 13 '16 at 19:27










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try the following steps, it worked for me -



sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
cd rtl8188eu
make all
sudo make install
sudo insmod 8188eu.ko





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    try the following steps, it worked for me -



    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git
    git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
    cd rtl8188eu
    make all
    sudo make install
    sudo insmod 8188eu.ko





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      try the following steps, it worked for me -



      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git
      git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
      cd rtl8188eu
      make all
      sudo make install
      sudo insmod 8188eu.ko





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        try the following steps, it worked for me -



        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git
        git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
        cd rtl8188eu
        make all
        sudo make install
        sudo insmod 8188eu.ko





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        try the following steps, it worked for me -



        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git
        git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
        cd rtl8188eu
        make all
        sudo make install
        sudo insmod 8188eu.ko






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