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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@gmail.com>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
	Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>,
	wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Problems with RTL8187 USB device
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:21:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47C9ACA9.70800@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47C4F4B4.7030300@gmail.com>

Larry Finger wrote:
> If I can give you any help with the patch, please let me know. In about
> another week, I will be forced to use Windows to access the Internet
> (Yuck!!).
>   
Since the previous message, I have made some progress. I downloaded the
Realtek driver for the RTL8187b and modified it to build under
2.6.25-rcX. It will report nearby AP's and associate even though the
signal is weak. It fails authentication as it enters some false WEP key
no matter what encryption is used.

I figured out how to make using Windows palatable. I installed
VirtualBox under Windows and created an openSUSE 10.3 virtual machine. I
can use Windows to connect to the wi-fi network, and then the virtual
machine bridges through to the Internet. It is a lot ad-hoc, but it
works. This kludge will work until I can get my laptop repaired.

Larry


  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-01 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-26 23:13 Problems with RTL8187 USB device Larry Finger
2008-02-27  1:07 ` John W. Linville
2008-02-27  5:27   ` Larry Finger
2008-03-01 19:21     ` Larry Finger [this message]
2008-03-25 20:31   ` Daniel Gimpelevich
2008-04-01 15:41     ` Daniel Gimpelevich
2008-04-01 17:51       ` John W. Linville
2008-04-01 18:07         ` Daniel Gimpelevich
2008-04-01 18:24           ` [PATCH] rtl8187b work in progress John W. Linville
2008-04-02  0:09             ` Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
2008-04-02  2:40               ` Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
2008-04-04  3:33                 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-04-04 14:07                   ` Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
2008-04-04 15:17                     ` Pavel Roskin
2008-04-07 12:01                       ` Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
2008-04-04  3:21             ` Pavel Roskin
2008-04-01 21:26           ` Problems with RTL8187 USB device Pavel Roskin

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