How to install TP-Link TL-WN725N on Raspberry Pi
The TP-Link TL-WN725N is known as a hard one to get working on your Raspberry Pi. After searching for a long time, I finally got it working. In this post, I will tell you how to install it.
It is recommended to upgrade your Raspberry Pi first. Originally, my Raspberry Pi version was 3.10.25+ #622. After trying many times to install the TP-Link, it still wouldn’t work. So I upgraded my Pi to 3.10.33+ #654. To upgrade your Raspberry Pi, use the following command:
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rpi–update
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If the command is not found, you need to install that. To do so, use the following command:
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sudo apt–get install rpi–update
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Now you are able to run the ‘rpi-update’ command. To control if you upgraded your Raspberry Pi, run the following command to see your operating system number. In my case, I upgraded from 3.10.25+ #622 to 3.10.33+ #654.
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uname –a
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After you finished upgrading. It is recommended to upgrade and update your packages. Do this with the following commands:
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot
Now, it’s time to install the driver for the WN725N adapter. To do so, type the following commands: (The .bin file is not needed for operating systems above 3.10.33+). Make sure you use the correct dropbox url. This can be found at: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=462982
tar -zxvf 8188eu-20140307.tar.gz
sudo cp rtl8188eufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi //not needed anymore if your operating system is above 3.10.33+
sudo install -p -m 644 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
sudo insmod /lib/modules/3.10.33+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8188eu.ko
sudo depmod -a
sudo reboot
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wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80256631/8188eu-20150428.tar.gz //make sure you use the correct dropbox url for your Raspberry version
tar –zxvf 8188eu-20150428.tar.gz
sudo cp rtl8188eufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi //not needed anymore if your operating system is above 3.10.33+
sudo install –p –m 644 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
sudo insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8188eu.ko
sudo depmod –a
sudo reboot
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After you have rebooted, log in into Raspberry with username ‘pi’ and password ‘raspberry’. Then type te following command:
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startx
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Now, a graphical user interface will show up. On the screen, you can see an icon with the name ‘WPA_GUI’. Open that. Now, you can see a window like here below:
Now, you can use WPS to access your network or perform a scan to detect all possible network in your environment.
To control if your TP-Link is connected to the internet, type the following command and look if the adapter got an IP-address:
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