From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Connection not established with Realtek RTL8188CUS based USB device (EDIMAX)
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:08:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51BCD7BA.1040900@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1371326265.9845.54.camel@mattotaupa>
On 06/15/2013 02:57 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Linux wireless folks,
>
>
> hopefully I am contacting the correct list. I am not able to use the
> Realtek RTL8188CUS based USB WLAN device Edimax EW-7811Un.
>
> Bus 002 Device 005: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
>
> The device did not work with Debian Wheezy with Linux 3.2.x, Debian
> Sid/unstable with Linux 3.9.x, Ubuntu 12.04 with Linux 3.2.12 to 3.5 and
> Ubuntu 13.04 with Linux 3.8. The person, from whom the device is from,
> claims the device once worked with Ubuntu, but I do not know which
> version and what WLAN type(?) this was with.
>
> The behavior is always the same. The device is detected and the
> NetworkManager applet `nm-applet` is also able to detect the available
> networks. But wanting to connect to one and entering the correct
> password, the connection cannot be established and I am asked for the
> password again. I tested this with different systems and different
> networks and also with wpa_supplicant. A Ralink based WLAN USB device
> works just fine.
>
> The Realtek RTL8188CUS WLAN device works also fine under Microsoft
> Windows, so the device is functional.
Use a compat-wireless package from 3.10-rc1 or later. If that fails, then I will
give you a debug sequence to run.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-15 21:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-15 19:57 Connection not established with Realtek RTL8188CUS based USB device (EDIMAX) Paul Menzel
2013-06-15 21:08 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2013-06-17 21:38 ` Paul Menzel
2013-06-17 22:19 ` Larry Finger
2013-06-18 7:54 ` Paul Menzel
2013-06-18 15:26 ` Larry Finger
2013-06-17 22:03 ` Paul Menzel
2013-06-19 22:36 ` Paul Menzel
2013-07-19 9:47 ` Paul Menzel
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