Install IP Time USB Wifi Adapter driver for Ubuntu Linux

It’s not that hard… provided you know where to look.

First, find out the model ID by going

lsusb

You’ll get something like this, where “Realtek” is the chip manufacturer, which is usually the case for IPTime

Next, google the ID, it will take you to stack overflow, in my case, this answer

Which leads me to this repository

A few commands later…

cd rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.3.1_27678.20180430_COEX20180427-5959
VER=$(sed -n 's/\PACKAGE_VERSION="\(.*\)"/\1/p' dkms.conf)
sudo rsync -rvhP ./ /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-${VER}
sudo dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms build -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo modprobe 88x2bu

And voila, it works even without a reboot