Step-by-step – Realtek Rtl8814AU Driver CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 Installation

Installing Driver

3. 3. Downloading Realtek rtl8814AU Driver

   Download Realtek Driver in CentOS GNU/Linux

   Get Realtek rtl8814AU Driver in CentOS

   Realtek Driver Source Realtek for CentOS

   Best to Clone it with Git!

4. 4. Extracting Realtek rtl8814AU Driver

   And then Extract Driver Archive into /tmp
   (Skip in case of Git Checkout)
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on Package and Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line:

   unzip -d /tmp/ ~/Downloads/*master.zip

5. 5. Installing Realtek rtl8814AU Driver

   Then to Install rtl8814AU Wi-fi Driver for CentOS
   (This for the Aircrack-Ng flavor, in the other cases follow the Developer Documentation)
   Access the Target folder:

   cd  /tmp/*master

   Or in case of Git Checkout:

   cd rtl8814au

   To Install it with DKMS try:

   sudo make dkms_install

   Or for a simple make install instead:

   make

   sudo make install

   Then to reboot System use:

   sudo reboot

   Finally, to list the available Wifi Interfaces run:

   ifconfig | grep wlan

   The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.