RIL8188SU doesn't work after installation

[jt1122]

Hi,

I've just installed Sparky 8 (7 sisters) rolling.
The machine has a Planex wifi dongle based on the RTL8188SU chipset.

During installation everything worked fine. Now when I login to the desktop there's no wifi connection.
Issuing "ifup wlan0" gives:
modprobe FATAL module p80211 not found

So it seems the module has been left out/no updated for a long time hence the wlan0 initialization fails. But as mentioned above everything worked during installation.

How do I get the dongle working?.

Thanks

[Filemon7]

Connect to ethernet by rj35 cable install drivers disconnect from ehernet restart os then plug   wifi dongle.

Good luck.

[galen]

mine was

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential dkms git
git clone https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8811CU.git
cd RTL8811CU
make
sudo make install