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I have an TP-Link AC600 Archer dongle. My previous system used Ubuntu 20.04, installed shortly after the OS was released, and I installed the drivers and got them to work correctly through this answer:

https://askubuntu.com/a/1191835/684141

This system does not have a UEFI partition. Only /, swap and /home,

However, I did a fresh install today of 20.04.3 from a live USB on another system and it forces you to install a UEFI partition. As far as I can tell, this dongle driver only works with secure boot DISABLED. But I cannot disable secure boot in 20.04.3 and I HAVE to have a UEFI partition. There is no option to disable secure boot in the ASUS Sabertooth Bios and I cannot do it through Ubuntu either, it always goes back to "enabled".

It seems 20.04.3 is forcing UEFI. How can I get this driver and dongle to work now? Is there no way to disable secure boot to get this to work?

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After hours of being beside myself, I found the solution to get the driver installed and working. It was because the linked solution in the OP is out of date. A much more up to date solution is here:

https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/184118

Open the terminal and execute the following commands :

  1. Update the package information :

sudo apt update

  1. Install dkms and git :

sudo apt install dkms git

  1. Install Build Dependencies :

sudo apt install build-essential libelf-dev linux-headers-$(uname -r)

  1. Download the Driver files using git :

git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git

  1. Navigate to the Downloaded directory :

cd rtl8812au

  1. Install the Driver

sudo make dkms_install

if the installation is aborted , execute this command '''sudo dkms remove 8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 --all''' , if errors pop up '''Usage: remove / --all'''

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