ALFA Network AWUS036AC

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AC1200 Wireless USB 3.0 Adapter with External Antenna
Homepage	Product page
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ALFA Network AWUS036AC
Interface	USB 3.0
Connector	Male A
Form factor	dongle
ID:0bda:8812 (3 addl. devices) Windows: USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8812
FCCID	2AB878812
Chip1	Realtek RTL8812AU
OUI: none specified
Antenna Connection	RP-SMA
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300/300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 or 5 GHz
Additional chips 5GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE5022T;SiGe, 5022T, <...>;2;
Probable Linux driver Realtek vendor driver (8812au) Driver version 5.3.4 available on Edimax site (select EW-7811UAC on Edimax download page) See also aircrack-ng rtl8812au repo on GitHub USB ID not yet observed in any mainline kernel / this list (note: outdated) (see also passys)
Windows driver see Realtek's website
Retail
FCC approval date	26 August 2014
UPC	989898877362 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Newegg	9SIA8UD38E3211
ASIN	B00MX57AO4
Country of manuf	Taiwan
Chip1 brand Chip2 brand ALFA Network AWUS036AC Realtek ALFA Network AWUS036ACH Realtek ALFA Network AWUS036ACM MediaTek ALFA Network AWUS036ACS Realtek

For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.

For a list of all currently documented ALFA Network device with specifications, see ALFA Network.

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

"AWUS036AC-V020" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

• ALFA Network AWUS036AC • AWUS036AC PPage

802.11ac AC1200 USB 3.0 Wireless Adapter with External Antenna

USB 3.0 Male A , USB ID: 0bda:8812 , FCC ID 2AB878812

• ALFA Network AWUS036ACH • AWUS036ACH PPage

AC1200 Wide Range USB 3.0 Wireless Adapter with External Antenna

USB 3.0 Female Micro-B , USB ID: 0bda:8812 , FCC ID ???

Picture of AWUS036ACH v020 circuit board an other informations

Tested driver for kernel < 4.x.x. until now

Tested driver for kernel => 4.x.x until now

• ALFA Network AWUS036EAC • AWUS036EAC PPage

802.11ac AC1200 Dual-Band USB 3.0 Adapter

USB 3.0 Male A , USB ID: 0bda:8812 , FCC ID ???

See also ALFA Network AWUS036 series..

Notes

Linux driver

• There is a linux driver available directly from ALFA's own

Downloads page which was last updated on 5/7/2015.

• RTL8812AU Datasheet
• On lwfinger/rtlwifi_new

lsusb output:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64

idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
idProduct 0x8812
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 1 Realtek
iProduct 2 802.11n NIC
iSerial 3 123456
bNumConfigurations 1

Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 53
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA