I think this is because the driver doesn't have the Device ID for this particular adapter's device version (v2.1).
Apparently TP-Link has different Device IDs for its versions -
V1 - 2357:0101 (https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_T4U)
V2.1 - 2357:010D (https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_T4U_v2)
The V3 adapter apparently uses a different driver (RTL8822BU)
I don't know if the v1 device is currently supported.
WikiDevi also states, on the V1 page (linked above) -
"The stick bases on the Realtek RTL8812AU chipset, which currently is not automatically recognized by the Linux kernel."
It reports a patched version of the Edimax driver exists where the USB ID was added. I think this is what is linked in the right-hand section with "See aircrack-ng's rtl8812au repo on GitHub which is patched for newer kernels ...".
It also goes on to include some 'git clone' and 'make' instructions (which mean nothing to me) for an open source driver.
With a crappy RTL8192CU device installed (EDIMAX EW-7722UTn wireless-N), lsusb reports -
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root@beyonwizu4:~# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8178
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0bda:2838
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003
root@beyonwizu4:~#
I see a new entry added to dmesg and /var/log/messages -
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usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-brcm
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root@beyonwizu4:~# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8178
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0bda:2838
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2357:010d
root@beyonwizu4:~#
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Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2357:010d
So now I'm coming to it...
Is there any chance of having the following TP-Link USB DEVICE IDs included?
T4U v1 - 2357:0101
T4U v2 - 2357:010D
T4UH v1 - 2357:0103
T4UH v2 - 2357:010E
T4UHP - 2357:010F
The WikiDevi page for the T4UH has a link to this Git entry which appears to have the required TP-Link RTL8812A(U) entries -
https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812A ... usb_intf.c
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_T4UH
The AC1900 TP-LINK T9UH, Realtek RTL8814AU chip, may have similar issues.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_T9UH
USB ID 2357:0106
[I know the T4U adapter works in Windows 10]
Cheers,
Geoff