cudy WU1200 USB Wifi Adaptor Installation Guide

How to install RTL88x2BU with Ubuntu 18.04/20.04
(WU1200/WU1300/ WU1300S/WU1400)

WU1200 USB Wifi Adaptor

1. Check your driver.
   Make sure you’ve got the driver, which should be rtl88x2bu_linux.zip for your USB adapter.
   If it is not, write email to support@cudy.com and ask for this driver.

2. Login your Ubuntu 18.04/20.04, and enter your working directory.
   For example:
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project #
   Don’t use the complex directory name.
   Especially don’t use a directory whose name include BLANK.
   Maybe you can create the same directory as “/home/colin/project”.

3. Copy the driver into your working directory. And unpack this file with command of “unzip rtl88x2bu_linux.zip”.
   For example: root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project# unzip rtl88x2bu_linux.zip

4. A new folder “./rtl88x2bu_linux” will be created in your working directory.

5. Enter the directory of “project/rtl88x2bu_linux”, and run “sudo make” with root authority.
   For example:
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project# cd rtl88x2bu_linux
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo make

6. After the above step succeeds, run “sudo make install”.
   For example:
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo make install

7. Run “sudo modprobe -r 88x2bu”.
   For example:
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo modprobe -r 88x2bu

8. Run “sudo modprobe 88x2bu”.
   For example:
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo modprobe 88x2bu

9. Done
   Summary（Installation command）:
   root@ubuntu:~# cd /home/colin/project
   （Notes：This directory contains the zip file of driver.）
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/# unzip rtl88x2bu_linux.zip
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/# cd rtl88x2bu_linux
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo make
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo make install
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo modprobe -r 88x2bu
   root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2bu_linux# sudo modprobe 88x2bu

FAQ.

Q: Linux prompts “modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ’88x2bu’ : Operation not permitted” while run the command “sudo modprobe 88x2bu” . How to fix the issue?

– A: It may be caused by the setting of Secure Boot in the BIOS of your computer.
– Please try to disable this option and then retry to run the command.

Q: The driver is not installed when the computer reboots. How to fix the issue?

– A: Try to add a new line into “/etc/modules”, which should be as like as below.
– Warning：The string is “88x2bu” but not “88x2bu” -.If more than one “88x2bu” have been added into /etc/modules, please edit this file and remove the redundant string of 88x2bu.

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