Re: Is the ASUS USB-AC53 WLAN adapter supported?

Reply: Robert Clausecker : "Re: Is the ASUS USB-AC53 WLAN adapter supported?"
In reply to: Robert Clausecker : "Is the ASUS USB-AC53 WLAN adapter supported?"
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From: Oleksandr Kryvulia <shuriku_at_shurik.kiev.ua>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:53:09 UTC

27.11.24 22:50, Robert Clausecker:
> I have just purchased an ASUS USB-AC53 USB WLAN adapter.
>
> This adapter identifies itself as follows:
>
> ugen0.2: <Realtek 802.11ac NIC> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
>
>    bLength = 0x0012
>    bDescriptorType = 0x0001
>    bcdUSB = 0x0210
>    bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
>    bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
>    bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
>    bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
>    idVendor = 0x0b05
>    idProduct = 0x184c
>    bcdDevice = 0x0210
>    iManufacturer = 0x0001  <Realtek>
>    iProduct = 0x0002  <802.11ac NIC>
>    iSerialNumber = 0x0003  <123456>
>    bNumConfigurations = 0x0001
>
> There's a match for this driver in /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/rtw88/rtw8822bu.c:
>
>          { USB_DEVICE_AND_INTERFACE_INFO(0x0b05, 0x184c, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff),
>            .driver_info = (kernel_ulong_t)&(rtw8822b_hw_spec) }, /* ASUS U2 */
>
> but if I load rtw88, nothing happens.
>
> Is there any step I'm missing to make this adapter work?
>
> Yours,
> Robert Clausecker
>
I  have never used this adapter, but do you have 
net/wifi-firmware-rtw88-kmod installed?