This is mostly for my own benefit when I invariably format a computer using these adapters and forget how to get wifi working again:
Plug device in and ensure it is detected via lsusb
:
For the T3U Plus, the ID is 2357:0138
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Instructions from this StackOverflow answer
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install
Reboot.
Instructions from this GitHub repository, run as root:
git clone "https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver.git" /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-git
sed -i 's/PACKAGE_VERSION="@PKGVER@"/PACKAGE_VERSION="git"/g' /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-git/dkms.conf
dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v git
dkms autoinstall
Reboot.
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@TomK32 the "AP" bit means it supports AP mode. Which T3U do you have - the nano or the bigger one?
Perhaps you can configure an AP using the 5GHz mode in hostapd.conf and let us know if it works? I'd like to get one if it does.