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AC1L AC3L Linux Manual BrosTrend WiFI Adapter v4

The document provides instructions for installing BrosTrend WiFi adapters on Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu. It describes downloading and running an installation script that will automatically install the necessary drivers. The installation requires an internet connection initially via a wired connection. It also provides contact information for technical support in case installation fails and the user needs assistance.

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AC1L AC3L Linux Manual BrosTrend WiFI Adapter v4

The document provides instructions for installing BrosTrend WiFi adapters on Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu. It describes downloading and running an installation script that will automatically install the necessary drivers. The installation requires an internet connection initially via a wired connection. It also provides contact information for technical support in case installation fails and the user needs assistance.

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How-to Install BrosTrend WiFi Adapters in Linux

Instructions on how to install the following adapters in Debian or Ubuntu based Linux distributions:
 AC1L Model: BrosTrend 1200Mbps Linux USB WiFi Network Adapter, Dual Band AC1200

 AC3L Model: BrosTrend 1200Mbps Long Range Linux USB WiFi Network Adapter;
Dual Band AC1200 with 2 X 5dBi External Antennas
Please note that an Internet connection is required at the time of installation, so as to be able
to download the driver and its dependencies. That means that you might have to use a wired
connection, i.e. a LAN cable.
The instructions should work in any distributions that are based on Debian 9 (Stretch) or on Ubuntu
16.04 (Xenial) or on newer versions of them. The supported architectures are PCs (x86_32,
x86_64) and Raspberry Pi 2+ (armhf). Our repository is automatically added to your software
sources, so as to enable automatic driver updates.
In case you need any other assistance in using this BrosTrend WiFi adapter, please do not
hesitate to contact us by sending an email at [email protected]. Our technical support
team will reply to you as soon as possible. In case of a failed installation, please attach all the
terminal output so that our team can see what went wrong.

Installation steps
1. Insert the WiFi adapter into a USB port.
2. Select all the following line and right click → copy it to the clipboard:
sh -c 'wget deb.trendtechcn.com/installer.sh -O /tmp/installer.sh && sh /tmp/installer.sh'

3. Press Alt+F2 to invoke your distribution's “Execute command” dialog, or open a terminal.
Right click → paste the previous command in order to execute it.
4. The installer requires root rights, so it will ask for your password. It will then automatically
download and install the driver for you. When the installer finishes, the driver should be
automatically loaded, but sometimes a reboot might be necessary.
5. If the installer reported an error, please copy all the text in the terminal and paste it in a mail
to [email protected], so that we can see what went wrong.

Deb packages
The drivers are actually packaged in .deb format: rtl8812au-dkms.deb for the first version of the
adapter and rtl88x2bu-dkms.deb for the second version. But please use the installer to download
and install them, as it has some additional logic to detect and install the required kernel header
packages. You may examine the installer source code if you want to see the exact shell
commands that it runs.

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A Letter To the Linux Users of this BrosTrend Wi-Fi Adapter,

We really appreciate the effort from a Linux lover and guru Mr. Alkis who contributes to do the
package work of this driver and edit this manual for our Linux users and the community. Without
his passion and help on this, we will not be able to offer help to so many Linux users to have an
affordable WiFi adapter with latest AC dual band wifi technology for their Linux computers.

In case you need any other assistance in using this BrosTrend WiFi adapter, please do not hesitate
to contact us by sending email at [email protected] Our technical support team will
reply to you as soon as possible.

As the manufacturer of BrosTrend WiFi adapter who works with Linux lovers to contribute to the
Linux community, we care a lot about your experiences in using them. We sincerely invite you to
write a short review on Amazon to tell us how you feel when using it as a Linux user.

Your valuable feedback means the world to us! Thanks!

Allen from BrosTrend Technical Support Team

July 4th, 2019

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