RTL8192e-pci NIC

[Jan Simonson <jan@simonson.se>]

Hello,

I'm using a Samsung R720 laptop with a RTL8192e-pci NIC and Fedora 16. The 
driver has been in kmod-staging from fusion until recently. Now it is removed 
from staging and instead a driver is included in the kernel pack from Fedora. 
After booting with this new kernel the relevant modules are loaded (see below)
but the wireless connection is not available. Using the module earlier from 
Fusion worked most of the time and better and better over time.

[root@ymer ~]# uname -r
3.3.0-8.fc16.x86_64
[root@ymer ~]# lsmod|grep rtl
rtl8192se              93742  0 
rtlwifi               104513  1 rtl8192se
mac80211              496450  2 rtl8192se,rtlwifi
cfg80211              195558  2 rtlwifi,mac80211
[root@ymer ~]# modinfo rtl8192se
filename:       
/lib/modules/3.3.0-8.fc16.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.ko
firmware:       rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin
description:    Realtek 8192S/8191S 802.11n PCI wireless
license:        GPL
author:         Larry Finger    <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
author:         Realtek WlanFAE <wlanfae@realtek.com>
author:         lizhaoming      <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn>
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008174sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008173sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008172sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008171sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008192sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        rtlwifi,mac80211
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.3.0-8.fc16.x86_64 SMP mod_unload 
parm:           swenc:Set to 1 for software crypto (default 0)
 (bool)
parm:           ips:Set to 0 to not use link power save (default 1)
 (bool)
parm:           swlps:Set to 1 to use SW control power save (default 0)
 (bool)
parm:           fwlps:Set to 1 to use FW control power save (default 1)
 (bool)
parm:           debug:Set debug level (0-5) (default 0) (int)
[root@ymer ~]# lspci -nnv
snip---
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8192E/RTL8192SE Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8192] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7160]
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 93-8a-a9-fe-ff-d2-24-00
        Kernel modules: rtl8192se
snip---
[root@ymer ~]#

What is wrong and what shall I do to make the NIC function?

Best regards
Jan Simonson