Installing drivers for the TP-Link T2U/T3U Plus (AC600 or AC1300) Wireless Adapter #blog

tp-link-ac600-ac1300-drivers-linux.md

This is mostly for my own benefit when I invariably format a computer using these adapters and forget how to get wifi working again:

• TP-Link T2U Nano (AC600)¹
• TP-Link T3U Plus (AC1300)¹

Plug device in and ensure it is detected via lsusb:

For the T3U Plus, the ID is 2357:0138.

Archer T2U Nano (AC600)

Instructions from this StackOverflow answer

git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install

Reboot.

Archer T3U Plus (AC1300)

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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Footnotes

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Thank you! Working on RPI 4B 1.2, ubuntu server 22.04.

Hi ! ,

Working on RPI 4B , is it possible to use archer t2u nano and t3u plus at time in kali linux

hi guys, Does anyone know how to make it work in openwrt? i try to install T3U plus on an openwrt which installed in RPI 4B but, it dont have the dkms package

It worked perfectly with the Archer T3U Plus in kali linux with ARM

Hi all, somebody get run it with kali 2024.3 on a pi5? I have problems with the headers for kernel 6.6.45-v8+.

Works perfectly with my Raspberry 3B+ and the latest Raspberry Pi OS. I am using the TP-Link Archer T3U Plus (AC1300). Thank you so much!

It works the same way for me, thank you. Everything on Pi3 with aarch64 Bookworm.

What about TP-Link Archer T3U Nano V1 - is it compatible? (model without "Plus")

Thanks for this - worked great for my 3d printer running armbian bookworm