Realtek rtl8192e wireless not seen

[Sissy13]

If you are absolutely sure about which wireless device you have, I would e-mail realtek and ask them for the driver, that's all I did, and they were quite quick about it too.

However, that card seems to be one that I have not yet seen. Make sure you check the networking section of 'lspci -vv' closely to determine the proper chipset.

Thanks! I'd been doing lspci without the '-vv', and it wasn't all that informative.

Can someone tell me how to pull the chipset information out of this mess? Here is the relevant section of 'lspci -vv':

08:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)
    Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8181
    Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
    Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [disabled] [size=256]
    Region 1: Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
    Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
        Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
    Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
    Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        DevCap:    MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
            ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
        DevCtl:    Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
            RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
            MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
        DevSta:    CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
        LnkCap:    Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us
            ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
        LnkCtl:    ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
            ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
        LnkSta:    Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
    Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
    Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
    Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-ff-fe-22-55-88

Thanks! =)

[Dude-PWB-]

Thanks! I'd been doing lspci without the '-vv', and it wasn't all that informative.

Can someone tell me how to pull the chipset information out of this mess? Here is the relevant section of 'lspci -vv':

08:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)
    Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8181
    Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
    Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [disabled] [size=256]
    Region 1: Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
    Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
        Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
    Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
    Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        DevCap:    MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
            ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
        DevCtl:    Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
            RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
            MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
        DevSta:    CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
        LnkCap:    Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us
            ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
        LnkCtl:    ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
            ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
        LnkSta:    Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
    Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
    Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
    Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-ff-fe-22-55-88

Thanks! =)

Hmm, don't see the wireless listed there at all.

What is the output of lsusb? Maybe you have a usb wireless adapter?

[Sissy13]

That's not my wireless card? Hmm... I have an Atheros device too, but it's listed as an ethernet adapter, which I'm guessing means wired internet.

Edit: I finally figured out how to find the information in Windoze (my laptop is dual-boot Ubuntu and Win7). Windows tells me that I have a "Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC". Hmm... maybe I should be looking for an 8191 driver rather than the 8192 provided here?

lsusb yields

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0781:7450 SanDisk Corp. Sansa C250
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b19a Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Right now I have an mp3 player plugged in (the SanDisk) and a mouse, so those explain two of the entries...

[Dude-PWB-]

That's not my wireless card? Hmm... I have an Atheros device too, but it's listed as an ethernet adapter, which I'm guessing means wired internet.

Edit: I finally figured out how to find the information in Windoze (my laptop is dual-boot Ubuntu and Win7). Windows tells me that I have a "Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC". Hmm... maybe I should be looking for an 8191 driver rather than the 8192 provided here?

lsusb yields

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0781:7450 SanDisk Corp. Sansa C250
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b19a Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Right now I have an mp3 player plugged in (the SanDisk) and a mouse, so those explain two of the entries...

Ahh, ok, the SE adapter, that explains why the drivers were not working.

Check out this link here.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/401126

[Sissy13]

Hurray!!! Wireless seems to be working now, finally. Thank you for your help!

Two small questions...
1. I installed the WinXP driver using ndiswrapper. The .inf and .sys files are currently sitting on my desktop. Can I move or delete them, or would that seriously screw things up?

2. I prefer to use the command line to connect rather than the network manager, if possible. I know that I need to add wlan0 and the essid to /etc/network/interfaces. Do I need to add anything in any other location in order to do that?

Thanks again!

[lukasz__20]

The file is too large to upload here. But here is a new link again.

http://rapidshare.com/files/31872269...09.tar.gz.html

MD5: 379F53A4B81A478506A64E49FDBC8126

Link's down again. Could you upload the driver again or send to my email lukasz__17@interia.pl?

[lotharmat]

I emailed Realtek on Friday and asked them for the 32 and 64 bit drivers.

They emailed be back on Monday with both drivers!

When I get home - I'll upload them to my webspace (NTLworld - So fingers crossed)

[Eduardo Mercovich]

[QUOTE=lotharmat;8541538]I emailed Realtek on Friday and asked them for the 32 and 64 bit drivers. They emailed be back on Monday with both drivers!

Did you uploaded somewhere? Realtek's site seems down right now...

I have the same issue here: Samsung N130, UNR 9.1, doesn't see the wireless card, Realtek driver from Samsung doesn't work, and working now with a wired link to my router (already saw what seems to be all threads until today, 26/12/09).

Just for the records, it seems this Samsung has a Realtek 8192 rev 0.1.

lspci -vv says>

02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8192 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device 7160
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at f0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <2us
ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us
ClockPM+ Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-26-b6-ff-fe-25-49-84

Thanks a lot for sharing, regards...

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EM

[Eduardo Mercovich]

Ok guys, just solved.

Today Realtek site was up, so I got the few 8192 drivers that saw there, and tried them with a standard ndiswrapper install of UNR (ubuntu netbook remix) 9.10, installing with the ndiswrapper GUI, ndisgtk.

The first one worked, even if it says that it can't see if the hardware is present.

I am uploading it to
http://mercovich.net/ubuntu/819xP_Wi....0708.2009.zip
so we all have it available while we need it.

Of course, a native driver would be better, but in the meantime, we can enjoy and work.

Best regards...


PD: since some people still have troubles, I don't mark the thread as solved. Is this OK?̉
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EM

[Tigerbright]

Hi Guys,

Long time lurker, first time poster.

As a proviso I should state that I am more of a mac than Linux aficionado so please don't think I'm a Linux expert. I am learning what I can though

I started looking for a solution to the wifi problem after installing Linux (Kubuntu) on my Uk model Samsung N140 and seeing that the wifi card didn't work.

I didn't like the ndiswrapper solution so in the end I contacted the manufacturer (RealTek) and was pleasantly surprised to receive a reply and driver within a few hours.

Below is the latest driver that they have for the RealTek rtl8192e.

I have uploaded it to my premier rapidshare account, so it can be downloaded an unlimited amount of times:

http://rapidshare.com/files/32746082...10.2009.tar.gz

These were the steps I think I took to install.

First, I downloaded the file and extracted it to a folder on the desktop.

Then I opened a terminal, and cd'd to the folder where the driver is extracted.

Then:

sudo su

Then:

make install

When I rebooted, it detected the wifi card and I was able to connect!

Hurrah! No more win 7

I hope people will find this driver useful and admins please feel free to edit this post if I have missed out any stages in the install process.