On 07/12/07 11:21:53, Andrea Merello wrote:
> > > > lsusb tells me the manufacturer is Realtek rtl8187 so I compiled, installed
> > > > and modprobed rtl8187 for the 2.6.22.5 kernel.
>
> Can you please tell us which version of RF frontend and MAC processor
> do you have?
> You can see it in the dmesg output. I need the line where it talks about rtl8225
Dec 7 21:05:53 drago kernel: wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
Dec 7 21:05:54 drago kernel: phy0: hwaddr 00:11:3b:0a:fc:ac, rtl8187 V1 + rtl8225z2
Dec 7 21:05:54 drago kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
> > > iwlist wlan0 scan gives: wlan0 No scan results
>
> Should the scan find a lot of APs or just one ? Are you close to any
> AP? If you have other working cards can you please provide us a
> indicative measure of AP signal strength? Is it possible that the
> sensitivity of the card is not enough to find the AP? on which channel
> is the AP?
Scan could find more than one but here is what my orinoco card yields:
iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:04:0E:8F:19:0D
ESSID:"home-WLAN"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Signal level:-56 dBm Noise level:-104 dBm
Encryption key:on
The AP is just 5 meters away and the signal is close to best. I'm not sure
though if I have to set the sensitivity of the device with iwconfig wlan0
txpower ???
What configuration should I do anyway? I do:
modprobe rtl8187
iwconfig wlan0 key foo_key
iwconfig wlan0 essid home-WLAN
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.23 or dhcpcd -d wlan0
lsmod|sort
Module Size Used by
ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec
arc4 2176 2
blkcipher 6660 1 ecb
cfg80211 7176 1 mac80211
crypto_algapi 14720 3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
cryptomgr 3712 0
ecb 3712 2
eeprom_93cx6 2432 1 rtl8187
ehci_hcd 34572 0
evdev 10368 1
fat 50588 1 vfat
floppy 56100 0
hermes 7424 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
mac80211 123012 2 rtl8187,rc80211_simple
mousedev 12808 1
nls_base 7680 2 vfat,fat
orinoco 41620 1 orinoco_cs
orinoco_cs 15876 1
pcmcia 38676 5 orinoco_cs
pcmcia_core 38800 4 orinoco_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
rc80211_simple 4480 1
rsrc_nonstatic 11136 1 yenta_socket
rtc 13336 0
rtl8187 34304 0
scsi_mod 100360 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
sd_mod 24720 0
sis900 22656 0
snd 50532 5 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_ac97_codec 94112 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_intel8x0 32924 0
snd_intel8x0m 17548 0
snd_page_alloc 10376 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_pcm 76552 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 22788 1 snd_pcm
soundcore 8160 1 snd
usb_storage 37248 0
usbcore 135832 5 rtl8187,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid
usbhid 21540 0
vfat 13440 0
yenta_socket 25868 6
>
> > > Is it possible, though the driver catches the device and I don't
get any
> > > error-messages, that the Stick cannot be used under linux?
>
> If the device is a rtl818L, and it is likely to be, since the driver
> catches it, then it should work. If it doesn't not then it is probably
> a bug. rtl8187B is not supported, but it should not be catched by the
> driver (should have different USB id).
>
> Oh, do you have an USB port 1.x or 2.0 ?
On my LFS I have 2.0 but on the old PC where it is supposed to do its job has
only USB1.1. It's the reason why I bought this device. It is supposed to work
with USB1.1.
Thanks
Lynx
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