Tinkerer's Thoughts

This post is about how I compiled the Realtek 8192eu drivers for the Adafruit PiTFT image. You can read about my journey and woes to how I got here in my previous post. Or if you don't want to read anything and just want the driver here it is: realtek_8192eu_adafruit_4.1.14+_pitft.tar.gz .

So I was unlucky to buy a wireless USB adapter that was not supported out of the box by Raspbian for my Raspberry Pi Zero. I thought I did my homework and looked at the compatibility list for the adapter I bought ( Realtek 8191 300Mbps 802.11n/g/b USB Wireless WIFI LAN Network Card Adapter ). My fault though as I did not read the description that stated the chipset was Realtek 8192. I needed somehow to compile the drivers for the adapter but did not know where to start.