rtl8187 on realtek 8189

rtl8187 on realtek 8189

[maximilian attems]

hello guys,

tried to get the wireless of the latest medion working,
but simple pci id addition seems not enough, can't see
any access point.
what info do you need?

also why the hack is the interface wlan0 and not ethX?

regards

-- 
maks

lsusb:                                                                          
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.                    

iwconfig:
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"tunet"                                           
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: Not-Associated                 
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B                 
          Encryption key:off                                                    
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0                         
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0              
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0              

dmesg:
wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'                              
phy1: hwaddr 00:07:ca:06:2e:7b, rtl8187 V0 + rtl8225                            
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187                                


diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
index e61c6d5..ee6c8dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 static struct usb_device_id rtl8187_table[] __devinitdata = {
 	/* Realtek */
 	{USB_DEVICE(0x0bda, 0x8187)},
+	{USB_DEVICE(0x0bda, 0x8189)},
 	/* Netgear */
 	{USB_DEVICE(0x0846, 0x6100)},
 	{USB_DEVICE(0x0846, 0x6a00)},

Re: rtl8187 on realtek 8189

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 13:12 +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> hello guys,
> 
> tried to get the wireless of the latest medion working,
> but simple pci id addition seems not enough, can't see
> any access point.
> what info do you need?
> 
> also why the hack is the interface wlan0 and not ethX?

Names mean nothing, ignore them, just use them.  Older cards used ethX
because they actually _do_ pass up ethernet-framed packets.  It's not a
hack.

Dan

Re: rtl8187 on realtek 8189

[andreamrl]

I suspect you have an rtl8187B. A Linux driver appeared for a while on 
the Realtek site. Then for some unknow reason they seems to have 
deleted it.
I want to add support for it in the rtl8187 mac80211 driver, but I 
have no plan to do it in near future, sorry.
However maybe someone can host the driver appeared on Realtek site. I 
have a copy.

Andrea



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Re: rtl8187 on realtek 8189

[maximilian attems]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 05:50:47PM +0200, andreamrl@tiscali.it wrote:
> I suspect you have an rtl8187B. A Linux driver appeared for a while on 
> the Realtek site. Then for some unknow reason they seems to have 
> deleted it.

indeed it is an rtl8187B.
so they differ?

> I want to add support for it in the rtl8187 mac80211 driver, but I 
> have no plan to do it in near future, sorry.

hmm that's too bad. if someone else jumps in what info should i post?
lsusb -v or whatever please tell.

> However maybe someone can host the driver appeared on Realtek site. I 
> have a copy.

sourceforge? if nobody else appears..
 
-- 
maks

Re: rtl8187 on realtek 8189

[Johannes Berg]

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On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 17:50 +0200, andreamrl@tiscali.it wrote:

> However maybe someone can host the driver appeared on Realtek site. I 
> have a copy.

If it's suitably redistributable I can put it up on linuxwireless.org

johannes

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