On 11/05/2011 11:43 AM, Andres Cimmarusti wrote:
Dear Mr. Finger, I apologize for the audacity of contacting you directly. I saw your name and email on one of the source files for the realtek wireless drivers. I have a question about the Realtek wireless driver (specifically rtl8192se) version included in kernels 3.0.x and 3.1.x. If I go to Realtek's website they mention a driver version: rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0004.0816.2011 Is this included in kernel 3.0.x? or should I upgrade to 3.1? I've been having a lot of disconnection and reconnection issues with certain networks using a RTL8191SEvB (which loads the rtl8192se driver module). I don't know for sure what the problem is, but I've noticed that in areas (like university campuses) where there might be repeated access points for the same network with varying signal strengths, my connection is rather unstable and it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting (I suspect there is a problem reporting the signal strength to NetworkManager, which causes NM to get confused as to which network has stronger signal...I mean in NM 0.8.4 all networks listed show the same number of "bars"!). Since the rtl8192se is a relatively new driver in the kernel, I was hoping getting the newest version would help solve this issue. If you have any info regarding this issue I would appreciate it very much. I've seen some posts online that blame it on NM...I will try to peruse through their bugs and see...
Note that I only do private consulting for a fee. You should send everything through the wireless ML, which I have added to this reply.
The newest version, i.e. 3.1, will have an improved driver. One with even more improvements will be in the bleeding-edge compat-wireless package. It is essentially the one for 3.2. Yes, rtl8192se is being improved regularly. All the improvements in the 08/16/2011 driver are in compat-wireless.
The number of "bars" in the NM applet are hardly a good measure of signal strength, but the driver does report a better value. I do not have an environment where I can test roaming.
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