Can't find drivers for EW-7811UAC on Ubuntu 16.10. Realtek rtl8812AU

I recently got a EW-7811UAC. I have Ubuntu 16.10 and I'm unable to find a driver for my kernel. As far as it seems all of the drivers for its realtek rtl8812AU aren't coded for the latest kernel for ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak. I have the Linux kernel 4.8.0-36-generic.

• Edimax webpage:

I tried both and they failed. The driver give an output of

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area.... 'make'....(bad exit status: 2) ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8812AU: 4.3.14 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812AU/4.3.14/build/make.log for more information." 

I ran dkms build -m ${DRV_NAME} -v ${DRV_VERSION}

The contents of make.log are

make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.8.0-36-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812AU/4.3.14/build modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.8.0-36-generic' CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812AU/4.3.14/build/core/rtw_cmd.o gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’ scripts/Makefile.build:289: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812AU/4.3.14/build/core/rtw_cmd.o' failed make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812AU/4.3.14/build/core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1 Makefile:1491: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812AU/4.3.14/build' failed make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812AU/4.3.14/build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.8.0-36-generic' Makefile:1576: recipe for target 'modules' failed make: *** [modules] Error 2" 

• I ended up downgrading my kernel and reinstalling gcc and it fixed my issue. The driver is now working correctly. I used this driver

1 Answer

The Edimax driver to too old to run with Ubuntu 16.10. You need an updated driver. Here are two recommendations...