A bit more information ..
I'm running the latest version of Ubuntu with all updates regularly in place. Here's the output from a few commands:
Code:
$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05af:0408 Jing-Mold Enterprise Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0409:0058 NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Code:
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"UbuntuAdhoc"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.
Code:
$ sudo iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"UbuntuAdhoc"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Code:
$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
Does this help at all?
Can I get an Ad-hoc wifi network with this dongle?
Would installing the supplied "rtl8187B_linux_24.6.1025.tar.gz" driver give better results? If so, can anyone talk me though doing that? Do I need to turn off the current driver somehow first?
Thanks
Damian
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