John W. Linville wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 04:13:37PM -0700, Larry Finger wrote: > >> After the BCM4311 that is built-in on my laptop failed, I bought a USB wi-fi device to use until I >> get my laptop fixed. Based on suggestions from the wireless mailing list, I bought one with an >> RTL8187 chip. Naturally, I am having problems getting it working. >> >> First of all, the device works with Windows - thus it is OK. >> >> The device is manufactured by "Level 1". The FCC ID is NDD9573160714 and it has the identifying code >> of WNC-0301USB07091001070-V5. >> >> The output of 'lsusb -v' for this device when run as root is >> >> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. >> > > This looks like it should be supported by the rtl8187 driver. > > <snip> > > >> iProduct 2 RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter >> > > <snip> > > >> bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN >> > > <snip> > > But these bits look like it is actually an rtl8187b, which is not > supported by the driver. I didn't know that there where some 'b' > devices using the same USB ID as the non-b devices -- crappy vendor's > strike again. I'm not sure what to do about that one. > > As for rtl8187b support in general, I've been looking at porting > support for those devices form the vendor-provided driver. But the > patch is incomplete ATM -- hopefully soon, depending on events. :-( > > I'm sorry you are caught in the middle. I'll try to get that b support > patch done soon -- hopefully we can get something working for you then. > > Thanks for the info. 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!!). Larry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
