rtw89

Basic information

• Module name(s): rtw89
• Authorship tag: community-ported, vendor
• License governing driver source code: Dual BSD/GPL
• Status: in-kernel

Function

• MAC architecture / mode: SoftMAC
• Driver framework(s): mac80211
• Firmware status tags: required
• Firmware license tags: redistribution allowed, closed source

Limitations / unimplemented functionality NOS

• Currently missing functionality:
• Notable limitations:

Supported modes

• STA (Station) mode: supported
• IBSS (Ad-Hoc) mode: unknown
• AP (Master) mode: unknown
• Mesh (802.11s) mode: unknown
• P2P mode: unknown
• Monitor mode: unknown
• Packet injection: unknown

Hardware covered

Supported chips

• RTL8831BU, RTL8832AU, RTL8832BU, RTL8832CU, RTL8851BE, RTL8851BU, RTL8852AE, RTL8852AU, RTL8852BE, RTL8852BU, RTL8852CE, RTL8852CU, RTL8912AU, RTL8922AE, RTL8922AU

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
ASUS USB-AX55 Nano	USB	MSQ-USBAXRN00		0b05	1a62	RTL8852BU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2	A0:36:BC	2022-09-20
ASUS USB-BE92 (ROG)	USB	MSQ-USBBE7V00	Edimax	0b05	1bcf	RTL8912AU	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2025-10-02
ASUS USB-BE92 Nano	USB	MSQ-USBBE7T00		0b05	1bd2	RTL8912AU	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2024-10-03
ASUS USB-BE93 Mini	USB	MSQ-USBBE9S00		0b05	1bd3	RTL8922AU	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2026-03-18
AzureWave AW-XB473NF	USB	TX2-RTL8852AE		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2020-10-16
AzureWave AW-XB503NF	PCIe/USB	TX2-RTL8852AE		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	1x2:2		2020-10-16
AzureWave AW-XB547NF	M.2/USB	TX2-RTL8852BE	AzureWave	10ec	b852	RTL8852BE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2	20:0B:74 94:BB:43	2021-08-13
D-Link AE65U	USB			2001	332b	RTL8922AU	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2025-12-05
D-Link AX18U	USB			2001	3327	RTL8852BU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2024-08-26
D-Link AX9U	USB	KA2AX9UA1		2001	332a	RTL8851BU	abgn+ac+ax	1x1:1		2024-12-05
Radxa Wireless Module A8	PCIe/USB	TX2-RTL8852BE	AzureWave	10ec	b852	RTL8852BE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2	94:BB:43	2021-08-13
Realtek RTL8852AE Combo Module	Mini PCIe	TX2-RTL8852AE B94-RTL8852AES		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2020-10-16
Realtek RTL8852BE Combo Module	Mini PCIe	TX2-RTL8852BE		10ec	b852	RTL8852BE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2021-08-13
Realtek RTL8852CE Combo Module	Mini PCIe	TX2-RTL8852CE	Foxconn	10ec	c852	RTL8852CE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2024-02-21
Realtek RTL8922AE Combo Module	Mini PCIe	TX2-RTL8922AE		10ec	8922	RTL8922AE	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2024-04-19
SparkLAN WNFT-238AX (BT)	USB	TX2-RTL8852AE		10ec	8852	RTL8852AE	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2020-10-16
TP-LINK Archer TBE400UH	USB	2BCGWTBE400UH	TP-LINK	3625	010a	RTL8912AU	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2024-10-22
TP-LINK Archer TX10UB Nano	USB	2BCGWTX10UBNANO		3625	010b	RTL8851BU	abgn+ac+ax	1x1:1		2024-08-08
TP-LINK Archer TX20UH	USB	2AXJ4TX20UH	TP-LINK	2357	0141	RTL8832AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2022-10-31
TP-LINK Archer TX35U Plus	USB	2BCGWTX35UPLUS	TP-LINK	3625	010f	RTL8852AU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2		2024-06-26
ZyXEL NWD7605	USB			0586	3428	RTL8852BU	abgn+ac+ax	2x2:2

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki
• On the Debian Wiki
• On the FreeBSD Wiki

Intro

Realtek 802.11ax wireless chips support • rtw89

• RTL8851BE, RTL8852AE, RTL8852BE, RTL8852CE, RTL8922AE

10ec:8852	RTL8852AE 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter • 5.18+
10ec:a85a	RTL8852AE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCIe Adapter • 5.18+
10ec:b851	RTL8851BE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCIe Adapter • 6.5+
10ec:b852	RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller • 6.2+
10ec:b85b	RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller [1T1R] • 6.2+
10ec:c852	RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller • 6.0+

* Realtek RTL8922AE • Wireless LAN 802.11be PCIe Network Adapter • [10ec:8922]/[10ec:a922]
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_892210EC • [10ec:8922/10ec:8922] (Realtek)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_A922&SUBSYS_A92210EC • [10ec:a922/10ec:a922] (Realtek)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_A89010EC [10ec:8922/10ec:a890] (AMD)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_A89110EC [10ec:8922/10ec:a891] (Dell)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_A89210EC [10ec:8922/10ec:a892] (Acer)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_88E8103C [10ec:8922/103c:88e8] (HP)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_E11C105B [10ec:8922/105b:e11c] (Foxconn/ASUS)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_60101A3B [10ec:8922/1a3b:6010] (Azurewave/ASUS)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_60111A3B [10ec:8922/1a3b:6011] (Azurewave/ASUS)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8922&SUBSYS_492217AA [10ec:8922/17aa:4922] (Lenovo)

* Realtek RTL8922DE • Wi-Fi 7 PCI-E NIC Network Adapter • Hardware IDs [10ec:892d]
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_892D10EC • [10ec:892d/10ec:892d] (Realtek)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_A89010EC • [10ec:892d/10ec:a890] (AMD)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_A89110EC • [10ec:892d/10ec:a891] (Dell)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_A89210EC • [10ec:892d/10ec:a892] (Acer)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_88E8103C • [10ec:892d/103c:88e8] (HP)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_E11C105B • [10ec:892d/105b:e11c] (Foxconn/ASUS)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_60101A3B • [10ec:892d/1a3b:6010] (Azurewave)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_60111A3B • [10ec:892d/1a3b:6011] (Azurewave)
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_892D&SUBSYS_492217AA • [10ec:892d/17aa:4922] (Lenovo)

Supported chips • rtw89 (6.6+)

• PCIe: RTL8851BE, RTL8852AE, RTL8852BE (-VS/-VT), RTL8852CE, RTL8922AE (-VS)
• USB: RTL8831BU, RTL8832AU [0bda:8832], RTL8832BU, RTL8832CU [0bda:c832]

RTL8851BU [0bda:b851], RTL8852AU [0bda:885a], RTL8852BU, RTL8852CU [0bda:885c],

RTL8912AU, RTL8922AU (no MLO yet)

Devices

USB: Realtek RTL8851BU [0bda:b851]

• Edimax EW-7611UXB (AX900/BT 5.3) • RTL8851BU [7392:e611] √ ([7392:010b] ?)
• D-Link AX9U (rev A1) • RTL8851BU [2001:332a] √ ([0bda:b851] ?)
• TP-LINK Archer TX10UB (AX900) • RTL8851BU [0bda:b851] ?
• TP-LINK Archer TX10UB Nano • RTL8851BU [3625:010b] √
• I-O DATA WN-DAX1200U • RTL8851BU [04bb:095b]
• COMFAST CF-943AX • RTL8851BU ? [3574:6121]
• EDUP EP-AX910 • RTL8851BU ? [0bda:b851]

USB: Realtek RTL8832AU [0bda:8832]

• ASUS USB-AX56 • RTL8832AU [0b05:1997] √
• ASUS USB-AX56 Nano • RTL8832AU [0b05:19fb]
• D-Link DWA-X1850 • RTL8832AU [2001:3321] √
• EDUP EP-AX1696GS • [0bda:8832]
• ipTIME AX2000U • [0bda:8832]
• TP-LINK Archer TX20U Plus (AX1800) • RTL8832AU [2357:013f] √
• TP-LINK (Mercury) • Realtek RTL8852AU [2357:0140] √
• TP-LINK Archer TX20UH (AX1800) • RTL8832AU [2357:0141] √

USB: Realtek RTL8852AU [0bda:885a]/[0bda:885c] (rtw89_8852au)

• Buffalo WI-U3-1200AX2 (/N) • [0411:0312] √
• Elecom WDC-X1201DU3 • RTL8852AU [056e:4020] √
• Fenvi FU-AX1800P • RTL8852AU [0bda:885c]
• D-Link DWA-F18 • RTL8852AU [2001:3323] √
• D-Link • RTL8852AU [2001:332c] √
• TP-LINK Archer TX30U Plus • [3625:010d] √
• TP-LINK Archer TX35U Plus • [3625:010f] √

USB: Realtek RTL8832BU [0bda:b832](b83a)/RTL8852BU [0bda:b852](b85a/a85b)

• ASUS USB-AX55 Nano • RTL8852BU [0b05:1a62] √
• ASUS • RTL8852BU [0b05:1ae3]
• ASUS USB-AX57 Nano • RTL8852BU [0b05:1cb6] √
• D-Link AX1800 • RTL8852BU [2001:3324]
• D-Link AX18U • RTL8852BU [2001:3327] √
• MSI MSI-AX1800 • RTL8852BU [0db0:6931] √
• TP-LINK Archer TX20U • RTL8832BU [35bc:0100] √
• TP-LINK Archer TX20U Nano • RTL8832BU [35bc:0108] √
• Edimax EW-7822UMX • RTL8832BU [7392:6822] !/[7392:9822] ? √
• COMFAST CF-943AX • RTL8852BU ? [3574:6121]
• ZyXEL NWD7605 • RTL8832BU [0586:3428] √
• TRENDnet • RTL8832BU [20f4:905a]

USB: Realtek RTL8832CU [0bda:c832]/RTL8852CU [0bda:c85a]/[0bda:c85d] (rtw89_8852cu)

• MSI MSI-AXE5400 • RTL8852CU [0db0:991d] √
• TP-LINK • [35b2:0502] √ +
• TP-LINK Archer TX50UH • [35bc:0101] √ +
• TP-LINK Archer TXE70UH • [35bc:0102] √ +
• EDUP EP-1671S (AX5400) •
• Wavlink WL-WN695X2-A •
• Brostrend AX8 •

USB: Realtek RTL8912AU [0bda:0912]/RTL8922AU [0bda:092a]

• ASUS USB-BE92 (ROG) • RTL8912AU [0b05:1bcf] √
• ASUS USB-BE92 Nano • RTL8912AU [0b05:1bd2] √
• Acer Wave D7 • RTL8912AU [0502:76d7] √
• D-Link AE65U rev A1 (BE6500) • RTL8922AU [2001:332b] √
• Edimax • RTL8922AU [7392:3822]
• EDUP EP-BE1703S • RTL8912AU [0bda:8912] • PPage
• Elecom WDC-BE28TU3-B • RTL8912AU [056e:4025] √
• MSI MSI-BE6500 • RTL8912AU [0db0:da0e] √
• TP-LINK Archer TBE400UH • RTL8922AU ? [3625:010a]

Drivers

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89

• https://lwn.net/Articles/872284/ • RTL8852AE, RTL8852BE, RTL8852CE • rtw89 (5.16-rc+)
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89 • RTL8852AE, RTL8852BE, RTL8852CE, RTL8922AE (Wi-Fi 7)
• https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RTW89.html • PCI ID: 10ec : 10ec:8852, 10ec:a85a, 10ec:c852

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88

• https://lwn.net/Articles/768372/ • RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE • rtw88 (5.2+)
• https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RTW88.html • 10ec:b822, 10ec:c821, 10ec:c822, 10ec:d723

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88 • RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE • rtw88 - new

• PCIe: RTW8822BE, RTW8822CE, RTW8821CE, RTW8723DE

• USB: RTW8822BU, RTW8822CU, RTW8821CU, RTW8723DU

• SDIO: RTW8822BS, RTW8822CS, RTW8821CS, RTW8723DS

• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723de • RTL8723DE • rtl8723de
• https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce • RTL8821CE • rtl8821ce

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new • RTL8192xx, RTL8723xE • rtlwifi_new (4.2+) - ex -> rtw88

• https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=150299204509065 • RTL8822BE • rtlwifi - ex
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723be • RTL8723BE • rtl8723be - ex -> rtlwifi_new ->
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtlwifi_new • rtlwifi_new
• https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtlwifi-memfix • rtlwifi-memfix

• https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x • rtl8xxxu (4.3+)

RTL8188EU, RTL8188RU, RTL8191EU, RTL8192EU, RTL8723AU, RTL8723BU

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu • RTL8188EU • rtl8188eu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188gu • RTL8188GU • rtl8188gu
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au • RTL8723AU • rtl8723au
• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu • RTL8723BU • rtl8723bu