On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 07:27:09PM +0100, Arif Ali wrote: > Hi, > > I was asked to post to this list wrt the problem I have with the wireless on > my new laptop > > I have just bought a Thinkpad Edge 15, which has the following card > > *-network > description: Wireless interface > product: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller > vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > physical id: 0 > bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0 > logical name: wlan0 > version: 10 > serial: 5c:ac:4c:bc:27:1e > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless > configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl819xSE > driverversion=0019.1207.2010 firmware=63 ip=192.168.10.51 latency=0 > multicast=yes wireless=802.11bg > resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:d0500000-d0503fff > > I have then tried to re-compile the drivers from realtek, with no avail, > having similar problems > > At the moment in Ubuntu 11.04, I am using r8192se_pci, which seems to be > very flakey to say the least, where my connections from remote servers > disconnect within 5 minutes. It was suggested to me that I use the > compat-wireless drivers, of which I did > > I tried loading the rtlwifi with rtl8192ce, but that didn't work and didn't > see my card, but then I guess that would be expected as the aliases were not > there for my card. although the DID is mentioned in the pci.h, so I was > wondering would this driver work with my card, or should I be looking > elsewhere? > > Any input on advice on this card would be appreciated > thanks > > Arif Ali > > -- > Arif Ali > Hello, Arif. I have a RTL8191SEvA card, not a vB. But I guess that should work. The vendor and product ID are 0x10ec (Realtek) and 0x8171. It's working very nicely with rtl8192se driver from rtlwifi from 3.0-rc1. That support does not exist for 2.6.39 or previous versions of Linux. Regards, Cascardo.
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