Installing Realtek8187L Wireless USB Adapter

[Donnie Love]

I have a Realtek8187L Wireless USB Adapter, and I need to install the drivers in Ubuntu 11.10. It came with instructions, but they are beyond my understanding and I need help.

[Donnie Love]

Here is a view of what's on the driver disk. --> http://www.donnielove.com/Driver%20disk.html

I don't even know where to start. The User Guide is for Windows only. Where do i go from here?

[varunendra]

Thread moved to Networking & Wireless.
-----------------------------

Please post outputs of -

lsusb
lsmod

[Donnie Love]

donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:1035 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8               12493  1 
isofs                  39549  1 
bnep                   17923  2 
rfcomm                 38408  0 
bluetooth             148869  10 bnep,rfcomm
snd_hda_codec_realtek   254163  1 
binfmt_misc            17292  1 
r8712u                163310  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd_hda_intel          28358  2 
snd_hda_codec          91888  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13276  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80435  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_rawmidi            25241  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
parport_pc             32114  1 
snd_seq                51567  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
nouveau               667359  3 
snd_timer              28932  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14172  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    55902  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ttm                    65224  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         32889  1 nouveau
drm                   196290  5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit           13199  1 nouveau
mxm_wmi                12859  1 nouveau
wmi                    18744  1 mxm_wmi
video                  19069  1 nouveau
soundcore              12600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14108  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
k10temp                12990  0 
i2c_nforce2            12906  0 
lp                     17455  0 
parport                40930  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid                 41905  0 
usb_storage            44172  0 
hid                    77367  1 usbhid
uas                    17829  0 
sata_nv                23379  3 
forcedeth              58103  0

[eyeneedhelp]

ill be watching,,same sw,thanks

[varunendra]

donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ lsusb
..
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191S WLAN Adapter

donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
..
r8712u                163310  0

As highlighted above, you already have the correct driver loaded for the adapter. Are you unable to detect or connect to any networks ?

What are the outputs of-

iwconfig
iwlist scan
rfkill list all

PS:
Please wrap the output codes in 'Code' tags while posting. It preserves its formatting and makes it more readable.
Follow the 'Code tags example' link in my signature to see how to use it.

[Donnie Love]

donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     unassociated  Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: <removed mac>
                    ESSID:"ATT504"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bgn
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:wpa_ie=dd1c0050f20101000050f20202000050f2040050f20201000050f2020c00
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra:rsn_ie=30180100000fac020200000fac04000fac020100000fac020c00
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Signal level=62/100

donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ rfkill list all
donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$ rfkill list all
donnie@donnie-amdnew:~$

[varunendra]

So you are able to detect available wireless networks (ATT504). Does it appear in the Network Manager's drop-down list?

What happens if you click on the wireless network name in that list ? Does it attempt to connect, ask for password etc.?

[Donnie Love]

Yes, it attempts to connect and then asks for password.

[praseodym]

Hi,

the support for 11.10 ends in April. I recommend updating to 12.04. The drivers improved significantly there.