How to install driver for TP-Link TL-WN722N(EU)V2 on Ubuntu 17.04 Kylin

Solution 1:

for version 2 the driver provided on official website don't work it has chip-set of RTL8188 so install "lwfinger" drivers

step:1 make a temporary directory

$ mkdir tmp

step:2 move to temporary directory

$ cd tmp

step:3 clone driver repository

$ git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.git

step:4 change directory of cloned repo !

$ cd rtl8188eu

step:5 make the driver for your system (Note: you should have kernal headers to make, google it !)

$ make all

step:6 after successful make

$ sudo make install

step:7 reboot your system

$ sudo reboot

after rebooting you will see the notification light turning on. have a nice day :)

edit: 10/03/2018

As @BradHein suggested step 7 isn't required , just plug out and plug in the adapter again!

Solution 2:

Your folder name has spaces in it that make it impossible to compile with make. Remove the spaces and it should compile. Your folder is named /home/kman/Documents/Tplink 722 N V2/rtl8188EUS_linux_v4.3.0.8_13968.20150417 and that is why you see the error ** No rule to make target '722'. as make expects the first thing after the space to be something defined in the Makefile such as modules or install