You can also blacklist an internal driver if it already existed on your system by adding it to the file: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklistĪs you log in again, you will be able to see the WiFi adapter card listed in the WiFi tab of the Settings utility. For example, I followed the following steps: Advertisement # cd rtl8188eu # make allįinally, configure the driver through the following command and restart your system: # modprobe 8188eu.ko And then install the driver through the make command. Simply switch to this folder through the cd command. The cloned folder will now exist in your home drive. This is how I cloned my driver: $ git clone I found the driver for my TP-Link device on: ĭownload the driver by cloning it on your system.

Search for the relevant driver on GitHub. Run the following commands as root, one by one, in your Terminal: # apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)Īnd then, # apt-get install git Step 4: Download the driver from git hub This requires installing Linux Headers, Build Essential and the git packages on your Debian. The process of installing the WiFi Adapter’s driver includes downloading it from the Internet and then installing it on your system. This helps you in installing the latest version of a software available online. Now, enter the following command in order to update the local repository index with that of the Internet. You are now authorized to add/remove and configure software on Debian. Login as root by entering su and then the password for root. Open the Terminal application by pressing the Super(Windows) key and searching for it through the Application Launcher as follows: Please follow these steps, one by one, in order to install the appropriate TP-Link WiFi driver on your Debian: Step 1: Open the Terminal We have run the commands and procedures mentioned in this article on a Debian 10 Buster system. After installing the driver and finally getting successful in getting my WiFi work on Debian, I jotted down the steps for whoever faces the same situation as me. It took a lot of effort at trying to configure the device driver but it boiled down to the fact that my Debian lacked the appropriate driver for my TP-Link WiFi device.

So, a few days back I shifted to Debian 10 from Ubuntu and unfortunately, Debian decided to not recognize my WiFi Dongle/USB WiFi Adapter.

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