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    Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC

    Ubuntu 9.10, new user

    My wireless does not work after a new (first) install of Ubuntu. I searched for my wireless card online and found a Linux driver from the company website. Should I use this native driver or is still recommended to use an NDISWrapper? If it is possible to use the native one I think I would like to (although I would need research how to do this).

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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    Sorry, forgot to mention computer model is Toshiba, Satellite

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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC
    The link you gave us is for rtl8192se_pci. Before you proceed further, let's make sure that is exactly what you need. Please open a terminal and do:
    Code:
    lspci -nn
    It's actually fairly easy to build this.
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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    From what I have come to understand, the 8191 and 8192 use the same driver.

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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    Below is the text from the terminal for the command you mention.

    Code:
    david@david-desktop:~$ lspci -nn
    00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI [8086:d132] (rev 11)
    00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:d138] (rev 11)
    00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers [8086:d155] (rev 11)
    00:08.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers [8086:d156] (rev 11)
    00:08.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers [8086:d157] (rev 11)
    00:08.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers [8086:d158] (rev 11)
    00:10.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link [8086:d150] (rev 11)
    00:10.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers [8086:d151] (rev 11)
    00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
    00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
    00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
    00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 05)
    00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:3b4a] (rev 05)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 05)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 05)
    00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0a75] (rev a2)
    01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0be3] (rev a1)
    02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
    03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8172] (rev 10)
    04:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e822] (rev 01)
    04:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e230] (rev 01)
    04:00.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e852] (rev 01)
    04:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e832] (rev 01)
    3f:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers [8086:2c52] (rev 04)
    3f:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2c81] (rev 04)
    3f:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2c90] (rev 04)
    3f:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2c91] (rev 04)
    3f:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller [8086:2c98] (rev 04)
    3f:03.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder [8086:2c99] (rev 04)
    3f:03.4 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers [8086:2c9c] (rev 04)
    3f:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers [8086:2ca0] (rev 04)
    3f:04.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers [8086:2ca1] (rev 04)
    3f:04.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers [8086:2ca2] (rev 04)
    3f:04.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers [8086:2ca3] (rev 04)
    3f:05.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers [8086:2ca8] (rev 04)
    3f:05.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers [8086:2ca9] (rev 04)
    3f:05.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers [8086:2caa] (rev 04)
    3f:05.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers [8086:2cab] (rev 04)
    david@david-desktop:~$

    I originally got the product information by using the command mentioned in the wireless troubleshooting section of the built-in help. Looking over it again, I'm not sure if the product number is for the wireless or for the cable
    Code:
    david@david-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
    [sudo] password for david: 
      *-network               
           description: Ethernet interface
           product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
           physical id: 0
           bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
           logical name: eth0
           version: 02
           serial: 00:26:6c:43:5e:3a
           size: 100MB/s
           capacity: 100MB/s
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
           configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.6 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
           resources: irq:35 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:d3110000-d3110fff(prefetchable) memory:d3100000-d310ffff(prefetchable) memory:d3120000-d313ffff(prefetchable)
      *-network UNCLAIMED
           description: Network controller
           product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
           vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
           physical id: 0
           bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
           version: 10
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
           configuration: latency=0
           resources: ioport:3000(size=256) memory:d9100000-d9103fff
    david@david-desktop:~$

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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    Let's take a look:
    Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8172]
    Code:
    modinfo r8192se_pci | grep 8172
    alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008172sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
    So far, so good.

    I am assuming you have an ethernet connection so you can download files. Please open a terminal and do:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
    Download the file you referenced. By default, file downloads go to your desktop. Right-click the file and select 'Extract Here'. A folder will be created called rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010.

    You can use the Tab key to fill in the blanks in Linux. We will use it next.
    Code:
    cd Desktop/rtl8
    Press Tab and then Enter.
    Code:
    sudo su
    make
    make install
    modprobe r8192se_pci
    exit
    iwconfig
    Do you now have a wireless interface, wlan0, perhaps? Can you click the Network Manager icon, see networks and connect?

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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    I now see the "Wireless Networks" subheading in the Network Manager icon but I don't see any available networks. I am using a Ubuntu as dual boot. Under Windows the network is visible (plus a couple other weaker networks from the neighbors).

    At the last step of your instructions (thanks for those) I got the following text:

    Code:
    david@david-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010$ iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    wlan0     802.11bgn  Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA2"
              Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.457 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
              Bit Rate:300 Mb/s   
              Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Power Management:off
              Link Quality=10/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=-100 dBm
              Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


    Below I also included the whole terminal session in case it is needed.

    Code:
    david@david-desktop:~$ modinfo r8192se_pci | 8172
    ERROR: modinfo: could not find module r8192se_pci
    8172: command not found
    david@david-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
    [sudo] password for david: 
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    linux-headers-generic is already the newest version.
    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
      linux-headers-2.6.31-14 linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic
    Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
    The following extra packages will be installed:
      dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-4.4 libstdc++6-4.4-dev patch
    Suggested packages:
      debian-keyring debian-maintainers g++-multilib g++-4.4-multilib gcc-4.4-doc
      libstdc++6-4.4-dbg libstdc++6-4.4-doc diff-doc
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
      build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-4.4 libstdc++6-4.4-dev patch
    0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 6,999kB of archives.
    After this operation, 23.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
    Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main libstdc++6-4.4-dev 4.4.1-4ubuntu9 [1,490kB]
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    Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main patch 2.5.9-5 [100kB]
    Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main dpkg-dev 1.15.4ubuntu2 [573kB]
    Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main build-essential 11.4 [7,172B]
    Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main fakeroot 1.12.4ubuntu1 [126kB]
    Fetched 6,999kB in 4s (1,638kB/s)
    Selecting previously deselected package libstdc++6-4.4-dev.
    (Reading database ... 156237 files and directories currently installed.)
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    Processing triggers for man-db ...
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    Setting up fakeroot (1.12.4ubuntu1) ...
    update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode.
    
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    Setting up g++-4.4 (4.4.1-4ubuntu9) ...
    Setting up g++ (4:4.4.1-1ubuntu2) ...
    update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/g++ to provide /usr/bin/c++ (c++) in auto mode.
    
    Setting up build-essential (11.4) ...
    david@david-desktop:~$ cd Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/
    david@david-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010$ sudo su
    root@david-desktop:/home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010# make
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_regd.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_eeprom.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_wx.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_cam.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_pm.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_ps.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_dm.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_debug.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_ethtool.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_dev.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_Efuse.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_phy.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_firmware.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_rtl6052.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_hwimg.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_led.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_mp.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_scan.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_rx.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_softmac.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_tx.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_wx.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_module.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_softmac_wx.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_HTProc.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_TSProc.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_BAProc.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/dot11d.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt_tkip.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt_wep.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/wapi.o
      CC [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/wapi_interface.o
      LD [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/r8192se_pci.o
      Building modules, stage 2.
      MODPOST 1 modules
      CC      /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/r8192se_pci.mod.o
      LD [M]  /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192/r8192se_pci.ko
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
    #@make -C /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/wapi_supplicant
    root@david-desktop:/home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010# make install
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
      Building modules, stage 2.
      MODPOST 1 modules
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
    #@make -C /home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/wapi_supplicant
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192'
    make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/build M=/home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010 CC=gcc modules
    make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
      Building modules, stage 2.
      MODPOST 0 modules
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
    install -p -m 644 r8192se_pci.ko /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
    depmod -a
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010/HAL/rtl8192'
    root@david-desktop:/home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010# modprobe r8192se_pci
    root@david-desktop:/home/david/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010# exit
    exit
    david@david-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010$ iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    wlan0     802.11bgn  Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA2"
              Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.457 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
              Bit Rate:300 Mb/s   
              Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Power Management:off
              Link Quality=10/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=-100 dBm
              Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
    
    david@david-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0014.0115.2010$
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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    Network Manager will always prefer and use wired ethernet before wireless. Please detach the ethernet cable and give NM a few moments to react to the change of state and look for wireless networks again.

    I notice it says you have 300 Mb/s speeds, wireless N! Great! I also notice no warnings and no errors in your compile. Your Ubuntu wings will be well deserved.
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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    I unplugged and waited for a minute or two but it didn't show any available networks in the drop-down menu. Is it correct to assume that they would appear in the list automatically like do for windows?

    I restarted without the cable plugged in. Still no luck. Finally I tried "Connect to Hidden Network" and "Create New Wireless Network..." on the off chance that this is what I needed to do (The attached screenshot shows the latter). But couldn't get on the web.

    In the output from iwconfig I noticed the following line:

    Code:
    Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA2"
    I'm downloading the RTL8191SE-VA2 file from the same page as above. I will try to adapt your instructions to build and install later this evening. Do I need to "undo" anything from the previous driver before trying this new one?
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    Re: Native driver for Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

    Clicking on the link for the other driver gave me the same download. I guess that's what you meant by the page only having rtl8192se_pci. I'm not sure how to proceed from here.
    Last edited by David Bolton; March 9th, 2010 at 03:39 AM. Reason: grammer

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