The driver is rtl8188eu for a TL-WN725N wifi adapter
On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <
dev@snitselaar.org>
wrote:
>
> Stephen M @ 2017-04-08 00:55 GMT:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > This seems really dumb but I have a wifi adapter from TP-Link on a Ubuntu
> > 14.04 machine that disconnects after reboot or a system update. I keep
> > typing insmod to get it to turn back on. I know I need to do modprobe
> but
> > it can't find the file.
> >
> > I downloaded the driver from their site, unzipped it in my download
> folder
> > though I think I need to move it. Any help would be grateful.
>
> modprobe can't load it because it knows nothing about the driver.
>
> Try:
>
> sudo cp *downloaded-module* /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/
> sudo depmod -a
>
> You will still run into the issue each time a new kernel is installed,
> and since the driver isn't tied to the kernel you are running there can
> be incompatibilities that cause issues. if you do run into issues with
> it, you can blacklist it on the kernel parameters line when booting.
> 'module_blacklist=module_name' should work.
>
> What driver is it using?
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