Wifi connectivity

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@ignis32

Therefore I can suppose that mentioning exact revision that worked for you might be helpful.

This would have saved me a couple of days of troubleshooting my Rev E version of this dongle. Atm I’m pretty sure Rev E needs cross-compiling of the .ko file…
The dongle is recognized but it doesn’t even get to the “looking for firmware” stage. So adding a .bin in the correct folder doesn’t do anything.

Edit: Also the device in question would have helped. Since Mod Dwarf runs on newer kernel, it also has a more recent rtlxxxu driver compared to MDX, which indeed supports the rtl8192eu chip.

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An update to my issues with the rtl8192eu on Mod Duo X. I solved it as can be seen here:

Successful cross-compile of rtl8192eu .ko for Mod Duo X

So, now it’s my turn to contribute to this wonderful community and the truly incredible MOD Audio devices. I was finally able to successfully build a working .ko for my rtl8192eu dongle! The .ko I built works for D-Link DWA-131 Rev. E and a TP-Link TL-WN823N V2 on a Mod Duo X with latest firmware 1.13 (modduox-v1.13.5.3316.tar) and it’s old 4.4 kernel. But let me tell you this, it was not straight forward to say the least and required days after days of trial and error. Below I share as many st…

[JamieD03]

Sweet, awesome work getting the rtl8192eu up and running - that’s super helpful info for everyone here. If you can share the steps you took to build the .ko, that’ll make this thread so much more useful for folks trying the same thing.

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Thanks The steps it took can be found in the topic link just before your post