ZTESY? Realtek? How can you know for sure which driver to install? ...
I:
# uname -r
4.9.0-6-amd64
# uname -m
x86_64
have a WiFi Dongle 802.11 AC Wireless Network Adapter:
// __ ZTESY USB 3.0 WiFi Dongle 802.11 AC Wireless Netzwerk Adapter
mit Dualband 2,4 GHz/300 Mbps + 5 GHz/866 Mbps 5 dBi High Gain Antenne
https://www.amazon.com/-/de/Adapter-1200Mbps-TECHKEY-Wireless-Network-300Mbps/dp/B07J65G9DD/
which is detected as Realtek (apparently because this is the chipset
they use?)
# dmesg | grep Realtek
[ 527.774047] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Realtek
# dmesg | grep "usb 1-2"
[ 527.624365] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
[ 527.774027] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=b812
[ 527.774037] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 527.774042] usb 1-2: Product: USB3.0 802.11ac 1200M Adapter
[ 527.774047] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 527.774051] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 123456
So, I installed the suggested firmware
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-realtek
firmware-realtek (20161130-5)
but thing doesn't work. Yo don't even see the its led lighting up.
Realtek doesn't seem to be a Linux shy company. On their website they
advertise drivers going all the way back from windows XP to 10 as well
as for Macs and Linux:
https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/rtl8812bu-software
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AC1200_Wireless_Adapters
I know the thing works because I have tried it on the same labtop
under a Windows installation and other Windows boxes and it works just
fine without any kinds of hassles.
Any idea how could I troubleshoot the actual problem in a more
detailed way and fix it?
lbrtchx
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