Re: r8712u driver for the rtl8192su chip.

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

On 06/21/2011 07:49 AM, Ali Bahar wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> this is more of a quick FYI, regarding Staging's r8712u driver.
>
> I ran iwconfig on this device in order to put it into Monitor mode, or
> even to change its ssid. Both failed because the Set ioctls were not
> permitted.
> Again, this is more of an FYI, since I don't really use this device.
>
> PPS for the benefit of googlers: the device is the ASUS WL-167G V3
> wireless USB adapter.
>
> root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:25:09 ~$ lsusb|grep :1791
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0b05:1791 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
> root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:28:48 ~$ iwconfig wlan2 mode Monitor
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>      SET failed on device wlan2 ; Invalid argument.
> root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:30:06 ~$ iwconfig wlan2 essid "h55m"
> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
>      SET failed on device wlan2 ; Operation not permitted.
> root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:30:47 ~$ uname -r
> 3.0.0-rc2-wl_m_Sat12jun2011
> root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:36:57 ~$

Setting monitor mode is not implemented; however, setting the essid is 
implemented. Your command failed because you ran the command as an unprivileged 
user. Notice the differences in the error messages.

Larry