Wireless Driver - Asus Usb-ac56

General Information

2015-06-11: Installation of the wireless drivers for the USB ASUS AC56 adapter must be done by compiling for kernels newer than 3.10. (Ubuntu 14.04/Mint 17)

Checklist

Distro(s): Ubuntu 14.04/Mint 17
Other: USB Wireless adapter ASUS AC56

Installation

Install git and clone repo

sudo apt-get install git
mkdir ~/repos
cd ~/repos
git clone https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au.git

Make and install driver

cd rtl8812au
make
sudo make install

Remove any conflicting realtek drivers

sudo modprobe -r rtl8812au

Insert the compiled realtek wireless driver

sudo modprobe 8812au