[SOLVED] RTL8187 alfa network awus036h

[Arcnsparc]

UGH! Ive been trying to get this wireless card to work for almost 8 or 9 months now! I must be just dumb or something! Can anyone show me where I can find a step by step guide to get this card to work on my IBM R60 with Hardy? Ive read so much stuff on it and I ALMOST had it working with gutsy (it could see networks but wouldnt connect). THANKS!!!

[Arcnsparc]

So i found everything I needed to do here:

http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Installing

VERY GOOD instructions!!

[bionnaki]

so, the alfa is working good on your system now?

do you recommend the card?

[Arcnsparc]

Yeah it works very well. I got a 9db antenna to go with it and I can get wireless from pretty damn far. It is sturdy (lives at the bottom of my back pack) and cheap ( I paid around 80 for the card and the antenna I think). I wouldnt recommend it to some one new to linux as it is a little tricky to get it up and running. Backtrack got it up right away though, so other OSes might work better than ubuntu. Good luck!

[Jackie999]

I've been trying to use the AWUS036H for a few months now...linux comes with native rtl8187 driver. My personal experience is (with Hardy and Intrepid) the device doesn't stay connected..if I get a minute or two out of it I'm lucky. It drops connection and won't reconnect without a LOT of messing around-sometimes it just won't reconnect - although network manager argues that it is connected. There is a bug report about it. I'll have a look at the link you've posted there..see if it's any better than the native driver. I wouldn't recommend the AWUS036H.

[dioltas]

I've been trying to use the AWUS036H for a few months now...linux comes with native rtl8187 driver. My personal experience is (with Hardy and Intrepid) the device doesn't stay connected..if I get a minute or two out of it I'm lucky. It drops connection and won't reconnect without a LOT of messing around-sometimes it just won't reconnect - although network manager argues that it is connected. There is a bug report about it. I'll have a look at the link you've posted there..see if it's any better than the native driver. I wouldn't recommend the AWUS036H.

I have the same problem. Major headache...
I've tried a few things, compiling different drivers etc...
It says its connected, but actually only works for less than a minute. Still searching for a solution. It works fine in backtrack for WEP cracking using different methods (on my own network of course), but haven't tried using it to browse the web in backtrack...

[TrenTech]

Yeah I had the same problem with it saying it was connected but sropping the connection. I found a little how to http://globalsyzygy.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/fixing-your-rtl8187-netgear-wg111v2-in-ubuntu/#comment-19 When I complete all the steps the card works great but after I reboot It hangs during the login process and displays a blank grey box in the top corner of the screen. Can anybody tell me what's causing this? Or maybe a different way of getting the wifi to work? This one is the closest I've gotten to getting it to work.