Hi Clive
On 01/03/15 22:43, Clive Messer wrote:
On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 23:38 +1100, Robert Brown wrote:
The on-board wireless adapter requires a rtl8188eu module which I have
not got around to compiling yet so am using a USB device also a Realtek
but requires a RTL8191SU module.
Robert,
Realtek based devices on the 8188/8192 family of chipsets tend to work
very reliably with the VENDOR (Realtek provided) drivers, but one of the
many issues with using the mainline drivers, (provided with the Fedora
kernel), is that they "fall off" the network after a period of time, and
you'll need to reboot to get them going again. Down/up network or
remove/insmod the module isn't enough.
Yes I have found this to be the case. What is also interesting is that
there is also a power issue as Peter pointed out. I find that if I leave
the hdmi monitor powered on there must be some extra voltage support to
the bus because the USB wirless device stays up. When I power down the
monitor I lose the wireless device within a few minutes.
As regards current wi-fi hardware, there is good mainline support for
Atheros and Intel, but at the bottom end of the market, (ie. cheap),
Ralink (Mediatek or whatever they are calling themselves now), and
Realtek.... you need to be using out-of-tree drivers. Just MHO.
Thanks for the suggestion. My solution is going to be to get the
on-board device sorted using the rtl8188eu module to avoid the USB
device power issue. So I have grabbed the source files from git and am
engrossed in the joys of compiling.
Regards
Rob
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