Re: r8192cu AP mode?

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

On 05/06/2011 07:13 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> I recently got a cheap usb wi-fi dongle I would love to get
> working as an access point. I see the driver table on
> the linux wireless website has question marks on most
> of the columns in the row for the r8192cu. Anything I
> can do to help fill in "yes" in those columns?
>
> Here's my experience and findings so far:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/hardware/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.html
>
> I'm currently working on fedora 14 with the 2.6.35
> kernel fedora ships. Might I have more luck with a
> later kernel.org kernel?

You don't necessarily need a newer kernel, just install the compat-wireless 
package. I'm not a Fedora user, so I don't know the exact details, but I'm 
reasonably certain one exists. If not, you can always get the compat-wireless 
sources from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download.

The Linux driver for this chip is rtl8192cu and it became part of the mainline 
kernel with 2.6.39, which is the current mainline kernel and at 2.6.39-rc6. As 
it is not yet "stable", you might not want to run it, but the package noted 
above will have the same code for this device.

Larry