Wireless-USB-OC

Drivers for Realtek 802.11n and 802.11ac USB Wi-Fi adapters on macOS (10.13 till 13.1)

Why this repo?

I wanna make a premise: I appreciate the effort of chris1111 to create an application, but unexperienced users may have issues especially with disabling SIP policy.

This guide aims helping users who may have doubts on how his installer works.

Compatibility

Acer UWA5
Alfa AWUS036AC
Alfa AWUS036ACH
Archer T2U Nano
Archer T3U
Archer T3U Plus
Archer T2U MINI V3
ArcherT4U V1, V2, V3
Archer T9UH V2
ASUS USB AC68
ASUS USB-N13
ASUS USB Nano-AC53
COMFAST CF-811AC
COMFAST CF-812AC
Comfast CF-WU810N
Comfast CF-758F
Cudy WU1300S
Cudy WU700
DLink DWA-121 N150
D-Link DWA-131
EDIMAX EW-7611UCB
EDIMAX EW-7722UTn V2
EDIMAX_EW-7822ULC
EDIMAX EW-7833UAC
EDIMAX EW-7612Uan V2
EDIMAX N300
EDIMAX EW-7811Un (N150)
EDUP EP-AC1689
Fenvi AC1300 (RTL8812bu)
FILOWA USB WiFi-RTL8812BU
Foktech AC600 Nano
Jensen Eagle 100-AC
Kextech MINI USB RTL8192
Linksys WUSB6300 V2
Linksys WUSB6400M
Netgear A6100
Netgear A7000
Netis WF2120 N Nano USB
M-Tech UW-01 USB
Plexgear AC1200
Sitecom WLA7100
TL-WN823Nv2/v3
TL-WN725Nv3
TL-WN723Nv2/v3
TL-WN722Nv2/v3
TL-WN821Nv6
TL-WN822Nv4/v5
TENDA W311-MINI
TENDA U12
TRENDnet N150 Micro
TRENDnet TEW-808UBM
TRENDnet TEW-908UB
YUNCLOUD Realtek (RTL8814AU)
ZAPO W58L (RTL881lAU)

Requirements

Reading
Some patience

Step 1: Copy the kexts in OC EFI

As most of hackintosh/OpenCore users should know, KEXTs are like Windows drivers: they make devices work on macOS. Before people used to inject kexts directly in /Library/Extensions or worse in /System/Library/Extensions by disabling SIP, which definitely breaks the purpose of a vanilla installation.

Using bootloaders, such as the good ol' Clover - if you're stuck in 1900 BC - or OpenCore - if you are a G - you can easily inject those kexts without even voiding your vanilla-sealed installation.

In the releases section you can download the kexts that you will have to add on your existing OpenCore EFI under EFI/OC/Kexts folder (you don't say, uh?).

I'll leave here the copy-n-paste code for those who use text based editors:

<dict>
    <key>Arch</key>
    <string>x86_64</string>
    <key>BundlePath</key>
    <string>RtWlanU.kext</string>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string></string>
    <key>Enabled</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ExecutablePath</key>
    <string>Contents/MacOS/RtWlanU</string>
    <key>MaxKernel</key>
    <string></string>
    <key>MinKernel</key>
    <string></string>
    <key>PlistPath</key>
    <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
</dict>
<dict>
    <key>Arch</key>
    <string>x86_64</string>
    <key>BundlePath</key>
    <string>RtWlanU1827.kext</string>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string></string>
    <key>Enabled</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ExecutablePath</key>
    <string>Contents/MacOS/RtWlanU1827</string>
    <key>MaxKernel</key>
    <string></string>
    <key>MinKernel</key>
    <string></string>
    <key>PlistPath</key>
    <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
</dict>

Step 2: Installing the helper utility

The official utility is shipped with a status bar helper utility which lets you connect to Wi-Fi networks. In the releases section you can download the utility that you will have to copy under /Applications.

Please note that in case you receive an error message while opening the utility like The application is damaged most of the times it's just a matter of Apple quarantine protection which falsely flags the application as damaged.

To fix this use the following command from a terminal window: sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/StatusBarApp.app

Step 3: Auto launch the application on login

Probably that's the easiest step among the other ones: under System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Login Items add the helper utility application.

That's all

Credits

chris1111 for his utility

dreamwhite / Wireless-USB-OC