Hi all, The version of driver which I think came on my CD is rtl8192EU_linux_v4.2.2_7585.20130524 Here's a page which may have the original code: https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/reserve-7 Here's another Github repository that claims to be more regularly updated and links to a D-Link version of the driver (using same Realtek chip): https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver Fisher On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Fisher Grubb <fisher.grubb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't know if this stick's driver is in the process of being > incorporated into the Kernel drivers, I havn't seen so yet. > > I've put the full lsusb -v at end of email as its a lot of stuff. > > Please let me know if any other info is needed about it, I'm not a > programmer but I have reasonable intermediate Linux knowledge. > > I have been commonly using this stick with my ARM based BeagleBone > Black board, others commonly use it with their ARM based Raspberry > PIs. > > lsusb gives: > > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > > I'm not sure when Realtek released this version of their WiFi chip, > Linux source code comes on the driver CD, but usually doesn't compile > as it seems to be for older systems. > > I've found 2 DKMS deb files that work, as well as somone's modified > source code on Github. > > Its still buggy and I don't think gives signal strength etc. > > Here's a link to modified source code on Github that compiled for me > and worked when the DKMS debs didn't: > > https://github.com/bhuvanchandra/rtl8192eu > > Here's a link to the 2 deb DKMS packages, usually one compiles and > works (the one with -2 at end of file name), it didn't compile on > Debian 7.9 on my BeagleBone Black board the other night, the other > one did, though I couldn't get it to work with the wex driver using > wpa_supplicant, complained of ioctl "operation not permitted" etc. > > http://laptopke.be/files/Debian/ > http://users.telenet.be/x86_64/Debian/ > > Hopefully this can be properly incorporated and standardised with most > commonly used driver/extensions etc as I understand that Realtek > drivers don't conform properly with the Kernel wireless extensions. > > > sudo lsusb -v: > > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > Device Descriptor: > bLength 18 > bDescriptorType 1 > bcdUSB 2.10 > bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) > bDeviceSubClass 0 > bDeviceProtocol 0 > bMaxPacketSize0 64 > idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > idProduct 0x818b > bcdDevice 2.00 > iManufacturer 1 Realtek > iProduct 2 802.11n NIC > iSerial 3 00e04c000001 > bNumConfigurations 1 > Configuration Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 2 > wTotalLength 53 > bNumInterfaces 1 > bConfigurationValue 1 > iConfiguration 0 > bmAttributes 0xe0 > Self Powered > Remote Wakeup > MaxPower 500mA > Interface Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 4 > bInterfaceNumber 0 > bAlternateSetting 0 > bNumEndpoints 5 > bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class > bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass > bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol > iInterface 2 802.11n NIC > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN > bmAttributes 2 > Transfer Type Bulk > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes > bInterval 0 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x05 EP 5 OUT > bmAttributes 2 > Transfer Type Bulk > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes > bInterval 0 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT > bmAttributes 2 > Transfer Type Bulk > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes > bInterval 0 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x87 EP 7 IN > bmAttributes 3 > Transfer Type Interrupt > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes > bInterval 3 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x08 EP 8 OUT > bmAttributes 2 > Transfer Type Bulk > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes > bInterval 0 > Binary Object Store Descriptor: > bLength 5 > bDescriptorType 15 > wTotalLength 12 > bNumDeviceCaps 1 > USB 2.0 Extension Device Capability: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 16 > bDevCapabilityType 2 > bmAttributes 0x00000002 > Link Power Management (LPM) Supported > Device Status: 0x0001 > Self Powered -- 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
