Re: rtl8192cu problem - Re: Wireless network problem with Access Point selection using ifup

[Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net>]

On 12/10/2012 12:38 PM, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> On 12/10/2012 11:24 AM, Larry Finger wrote:
>> On 12/10/2012 06:46 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 07:00 -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Should I file and bug report and/or contact the author?
>>>
>>> Larry, the issue seems to be that rtl8192cu doesn't scan after having
>>> disconnected at least once, and maybe doesn't report any/good signal
>>> strength values.
>>
>> The problem is likely that rtl8192cu goes mute after a disconnect. I'm
>> not sure if it happens only with WPA/WPA2 or if all encryption methods
>> are affected. I have not yet found the problem, but this and other
>> reports have increased the priority.
>>
>
> FYI,
>
> If you look at the logs for the instance when the furthest away AP was
> selected (info-furthest-away), At least I, see no disconnections at all.
> It selected the furthest AP yet was unusable. Yet no disconnects and
> iwconfig showed good.
>

I haven't noticed any activity on this. Should I just toss out all my 
rtl8192cu devices? If so, can anyone  recommend ANY USB wireless-N 
devices that actually work as they should in Linux with Linux drivers?

Thanks and Regards
Mark