I have a USB WLAN stick which I would like to use in Ubuntu 12.04. It seems to be recognized when I put it into the USB port.
Code:
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan1 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
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"eduroam"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: D8:24:BD:4E:96:25
Bit Rate=6 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Code:
$ lsusb | grep WLAN
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter
It is even listed in the Network Tools' Devices Tab. I already tried "sudo ip link set wlan1 up" but somehow only wlan0 (the internal adapter) gets connected to a network.
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