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I've tried all the answers I've followed here so far. It was difficult to see instructions that spelled out how to download and install the driver for this wireless adapter for my PC but the worst part was that the way the instructions were written made me feel they were written for some folks who have a much better understanding of the sudo instructions.

the rtl8812au driver, is a good example: is that RTL or RT1 ... being nearsighted I spent 15 minutes typing it in as a number instead of the lower case letter L.

and the instructions left out spacing as if I had any idea what I was doing and would already know to leave the spaces in, or put the -v between the rtl8812au and the version number.

I finally got it to install, restarted my pc and it still doesn't recognize the adapter as being there. not as a bluetooth device, and not as a wireless one either.

Can I please ask that someone among you tech savvy people give me step by step instructions that will get this thing working with Ubuntu 18.04.3?

and please, explain if there is any confusion that might occur if there is a letter involved that I might confuse for a number?

I need your help, since I'm working on a farm in the middle of nowhere, Misery (Missouri)

thank you in advance.

Micheal Rainwater
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You could install the latest drivers from this GitHub repo: https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git

As per the repo, this is how you can install the drivers using DKMS method:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install dkms
git clone -b v5.6.4.2 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo ./dkms-install.sh

Your USB WiFi adapter should be working now.

Jags
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Jags and others,

I'm 63 years of age (be 64 in June) and while I don't fail fast, I do fail often.

I give up on this wireless netgear thing. It just doesn't seem to work for me. And you guys have much more important things to do that teach and old dawg new tricks.

I'll see if I can find PC card that plugs into my computer tower that has wireless capabilities that Ubuntu will already recognize.

Thank you for your time, you've been so much more than kind. - like the song says, I'd say you can keep the dime but you guys do this stuff for free. That is what makes you great in my opinion..

Micheal

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