TP-Link Archer T2U wifi card with Rpi

[MrEngman]

The mt7610u driver is now included in the RaspOS image but it is trying to load the firmware the wifi module uses from a directory that is not included so it doesn't work.

I managed to get it working using the following commands

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wget http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-misc-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i firmware-misc-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
sudo apt-mark hold firmware-misc-nonfree

The first two commands installs the firmware and creates the directory with the firmware in it that the driver is trying to load the firmware from. The third command stops the firmware from being removed by the currently available firmware-misc-nonfree package if apt upgrade is run.

I've had it working on a variety of different kernel versions and it seems to work fine. Currently running on a Pi 3A+.


MrEngman

[grokodile]

Hi,

Having trouble getting a TP-Link Archer T2U usb wi-fi working with my Raspberry Pi 2.

The mt7610u driver is now included in the RaspOS image but it is trying to load the firmware the wifi module uses from a directory that is not included so it doesn't work.

I managed to get it working using the following commands
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wget http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-misc-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i firmware-misc-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
sudo apt-mark hold firmware-misc-nonfree

Did this, and rebooted. Here are some command outputs.

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsusb
...
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2357:011f TP-Link 
...
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 5.10.17-v7+ #1403 SMP Mon Feb 22 11:29:51 GMT 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls /lib/modules/5.10.17-v7+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/
mt76  mt7601u

I can't see a mt7610u module (don't know much about modules etc).

Any clues? Happy to do further diagnosis, but need help even with that.