Install Netgear Nighthawk A7500 Driver for Ubuntu 24.04

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I am trying to get my Netgear Nighthawk A7500 Wi-Fi adapter (AX1800) to work with my Ubuntu 24.04. I have tried the steps in these links but failed:

I also git cloned a few repositories and installed the following dkms (and rebooted several times after installing/loading):

8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 6.11.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
nvidia/570.133.07, 6.11.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia/570.133.07, 6.8.0-60-generic, x86_64: installed
realtek-rtl8814au/5.8.5.1~git20240527.d8208c8, 6.11.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
realtek-rtl88xxau/5.6.4.2~git20240726.63cf0b4, 6.11.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg, 6.11.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl88x2bu/git, 6.11.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
rtw88/0.6, 6.11.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed

I installed rtw88 because this github page /rtl8812au (already deprecated) lead me to it. lsmod | grep -i "rtw\|88" returns the following:

mac_hid                12288  0
rtw_8812au             12288  0
rtw_8812a              57344  1 rtw_8812au
rtw_88xxa              45056  1 rtw_8812a
rtw_8814au             12288  0
rtw_8814a             258048  1 rtw_8814au
rtw_usb                28672  2 rtw_8814au,rtw_8812au
rtw_core              344064  4 rtw_88xxa,rtw_usb,rtw_8814a,rtw_8812a
mac80211             1777664  2 rtw_usb,rtw_core
cfg80211             1384448  2 rtw_core,mac80211
libarc4                12288  1 mac80211

The only dmesg logs that came out from rtw_88 were:

[    2.720054] rtw_core: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    2.720057] rtw_core: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    2.724954] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtw_8814au
[    2.740234] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtw_8812au

And my desktop doesn't have secure boot enabled. The last few entries of lsusb shows the Wi-Fi USB adapter attached:

Bus 005 Device 006: ID 0bda:1100 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HID Device
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0846:9065 NetGear, Inc. Wireless_Device
Bus 006 Device 003: ID 0bda:0409 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB3.2 Hub

But nmcli device wifi list returns nothing while iwconfig always returns the following (even after rebooting):

lo        no wireless extensions.
enp4s0    no wireless extensions.

Is it possible to get this adapter to work? I see a few people claiming they got it working (albeit with lower speeds/bandwidth, which I'm fine with), but the installation steps they used doesn't seem to work on my system.

Install Netgear Nighthawk A7500 Driver for Ubuntu 24.04

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