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marma-lade

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Registered: 2023-05-24

Posts: 19  

Realtek rtl8852 / MSI AX1800

I bought an MSI AX1800 (Realtek rtl8852 chipset) to use with an old laptop. I downlloaded the driver from MSI's website, but installation died with an Error 2, whatever that means. So I downloaded the latest firmware-realtek (firmware-realtek_20250410-2_all.deb) and installed it, but the USB adapter is still not recognized. Doing an lsusb returns:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b370 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HP HD Webcam [Fixed]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0db0:6931 Micro Star International 802.11ax WLAN Adapter
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Why doesn't the deb work? And why doesn't Synaptic offer it?

Last edited by marma-lade (2025-12-22 19:59:49)

greenjeans

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Registered: 2017-04-07

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Re: Realtek rtl8852 / MSI AX1800

https://github.com/morrownr/rtw89

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/bl … r_Linux.md

Some info there, might help.

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marma-lade

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Registered: 2023-05-24

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Re: Realtek rtl8852 / MSI AX1800

Thanks, @greenjeans. I have some reading to do.

kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

Posts: 595  

Re: Realtek rtl8852 / MSI AX1800

use several USB-C-to-Ethernet Adapters, but those USB-C Adapter are too easy to bend.

Would like to shutout the wiFi from out of muy door, but it keeps coming in.