Drivers for TP-LINK TL-WN8200ND v2

I'm testing Ubuntu 18.04 with my current desktopand everything works correctly except for the Wi-Fi adapter. I'm using a TP-LINK TL-WN8200ND version 2.

As requested here, my wireless-info output is at this pastebin.

I've tested Mint 19, Kubuntu and KDE neon, with similar results.

Is there an official driver that works out of the box?

For newer kernels (>=5) you could use the driver from https://github.com/clnhub/rtl8192eu-linux

I tried with success from Ubuntu 19.04:beta (kernel 5.0.0-7-generic)

First, install kernel-headers, build-essentials, git, binutils and dkms packages.

sudo apt install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git binutils dkms

Finally, download the driver and install as root

sudo bash
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/clnhub/rtl8192eu-linux.git
cd rtl8192eu-linux/
./install_wifi.sh

On Ubuntu 20.04 this should work for TL-WN8200ND.

Using the terminal, type the commands below:

sudo apt update;

sudo apt-get install git linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms;

git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver;

cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver;

sudo dkms add .;

sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0;

echo "blacklist rtl8xxxu" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8xxxu.conf;

echo -e "8192eu\n\nloop" | sudo tee /etc/modules;

echo "options 8192eu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/8192eu.conf;

sudo update-grub; sudo update-initramfs -u;

systemctl reboot -i;

Source: https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver

Adapter image:

With a working internet connection by ethernet, tethering or whatever means possible, open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms git
git clone https://github.com/luckynzm/tlwn8200nddriver.git
cd tlwn8200nddriver
sudo dkms add .
sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0

This will take some time; please be patient.

Next, blacklist the built in driver that isn’t working:

sudo -i
echo “blacklist rtl8xxxu”  >>  /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
exit

Reboot. Your wireless should be working.