//Solution:
I installed this driver (https://github.com/morrownr/8821au-20210708).
The driver however, did not work until I ran a script called remove-driver.sh from the driver that I used to use (https://github.com/morrownr/8821cu-20210916). Then the wifi adapter started working again :)
Thanks a lot for the help - I am still not really sure what the problem actually was, but I’m very thankful for having my internet connection back :)
//Original post below:
Hey :)
I’ve been using a wifi adapter for my computer for about a year. A few days ago, it suddenly stopped working. It no longer shows up when I run ‘nmcli device’ in the terminal. When running ‘lsusb’ it still shows up as ‘Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11ac NIC’.
To my knowledge I hadn’t updated anything before it stopped working. After it had stopped working, I used usb-tethering from my phone to do a system update, hoping it would fix the problem. I think one of the updates was a linux firmware update. Anyways, it didn’t fix anything.
The adapter didn’t work out of the box. It arrived with a driver called ‘RTL88x2BU’ and a document stating that it was compatible with the following chip drivers for linux: RTL8811AU RTL8811CU RTL8812BU RTL8814AU
I couldn’t get the driver it arrived with to work, so instead I downloaded this driver and have been using it until it stopped working. https://github.com/morrownr/8821cu-20210916
this driver only states that it supports some linux kernel version. I’m using ‘6.8.0-40-generic’, which it does not claim to suppport. I download this driver, which should support my kernel, but it didn̈́’t work either. https://github.com/morrownr/8821au-20210708
I’ve tried running lsmod on my system, and it seems to be, that no wifi driver even starts. The only thing I can remember doing just prior to my internet not working, was running ‘systemctl disable jellyfin.service’. I doubt that has anything to do with this, but I’m not sure what else it could be. My only other theory is, maybe the usb wifi adapter hardware just gave up.
Any help is appreciated ^^
A few things to start. We need to know more about how things are currently.
lspci -vv
That will give us what modules are being used by what devices along with a bunch of other information.
lsusb -v
That will give us some info about your USB layout, drivers, and so on.
We also need to know what distro you are using, kernel version, and for the distro what exact version, so if Ubuntu is it LTS, current, 23.04, etc.
That should be a good start, after that we can see where we are at and what next steps are.
I’m running Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, thanks for helping me :)
lspci -vv gives information about the following results, I don’t think the wifi adapter is among them
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation IvyBridge GT2 [HD Graphics 4000] (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H61 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Desktop SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)lsusb -v gives
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:c811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11ac NIC Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp. idProduct 0xc811 bcdDevice 2.00 iManufacturer 1 Realtek iProduct 2 802.11ac NIC iSerial 3 123456 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 0x0035 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 5 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 2 802.11ac NIC Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x05 EP 5 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x87 EP 7 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 3 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x08 EP 8 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Device Qualifier (for other device speed): bLength 10 bDescriptorType 6 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 bNumConfigurations 1 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered)