Originally Posted by
meebix
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 10ec:8178 (rev 01)
One strange thing I noticed is that it says this is a Realtek RTL8188CE that is installed, but the driver is RTL8192CE?
First of all, welcome to the forums meebix !
The driver is correct for your card. The proper way to find that out is to make sure the VID (Vendor ID, highlighted in Blue above) and PID (Product ID, highlighted in brown) combination is supported by it.
This information (+ a lot more) about a driver can be extracted with modinfo command. For example, modinfo rtl8192ce yields following -
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~$ modinfo rtl8192ce
filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-36-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
description: Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n PCI wireless
license: GPL
author: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
author: Realtek WlanFAE <wlanfae@realtek.com>
author: lizhaoming <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn>
srcversion: DA52BF758B7683607AFCB85
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008176sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008177sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008178sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00008191sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: rtlwifi,rtl8192c-common,mac80211
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.2.0-36-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: swenc:Set to 1 for software crypto (default 0)
(bool)
parm: ips:Set to 0 to not use link power save (default 1)
(bool)
parm: swlps:Set to 1 to use SW control power save (default 0)
(bool)
parm: fwlps:Set to 1 to use FW control power save (default 1)
(bool)
parm: debug:Set debug level (0-5) (default 0) (int)
Note that the VID and PID are included in its 'alias' list, meaning it is meant to support that device, besides three others that are listed.
At the bottom of the output are some parameters (parm) that can be used withe this driver. Let's try one of these to stabilize your connection.
In a terminal, do -
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sudo modprobe -rfv rtl8192ce
sudo modprobe -v rtl8192ce swenc=Y
.. then retry connecting and see if it helps.
The above parameter is temporary and will be reset to default on restart, so don't restart after the above two commands. If it helps, we can make it permanent.
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