TP-LINK TL-WN722N driver

I bought a TP-LINK TL-WN722N usb wireless adapter. Turns out it is not supported out-of-the-box on Slackware 14.2. The adapter box said that it is supported in Linux, so naively I put the CD provided and looked for the driver. In the Linux folder, there was a README file advising me to go download the drivers from http://www.tp-link.com/. I will not discuss the requirement to go online in order to obtain the drivers for a network adapter…
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