On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 20:45, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/22/2010 01:13 PM, Klaas De Craemer wrote: >> Not sure if you meant this, but the box itself is inside (warm), only >> the transceiver is outside. >> Just to be sure, I skipped trying it in Linux first today and >> immediately plugged it in my Windows laptop: instant connection. Next >> I plugged it in Linux and it works fine. This way the device had no >> time to "warm up" because of first being powered in Linux. >> >> I cannot easily take it inside without unscrewing the antenna (a dish >> with biquad feeder). So I'll try it without antenna tomorrow. > > If it is not too much trouble, please try it with the transceiver box warm. In > the meantime, I will do a USB dump of rtl8187 and the Windows driver using an XP > system that I have as a VM. Please check in the device manager on your Windows > box and get the driver version. > > Thanks, > > Larry > This morning I put the transceiver inside. I just connected it to the Atom box without antenna and it reported no wireless block: [ 382.312044] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 382.450722] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8187 [ 382.450835] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 382.450939] usb 1-3: Product: RTL8187_Wireless [ 382.451027] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer_Realtek_RTL8187_ [ 382.451122] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00C0CA3F9517 [ 382.451822] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 382.743060] phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' [ 382.746490] phy1: hwaddr 00:c0:ca:3f:95:17, RTL8187vB (default) V1 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2 [ 382.764106] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0xFF [ 382.764344] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::tx [ 382.764554] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::rx [ 382.765254] rtl8187: wireless switch is on [ 382.765594] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 Then I put it back onto the antenna outside and it connected just fine. I'm really confused now. Does this mean that it might be both a hard- & software problem? I guess I should also check if it works fine "warm" + immediately connecting it to the antenna. If temperature is such a problem I might put a heating resistor inside the transceiver housing... The Windows driver is 6.1316.1209.2009 for Windows 7 64bit. It comes with a GUI from Alfa Networks that says version 700.1604.108.201. Klaas -- 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
