Realtek RTL8188SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter

[bensewell]

Hi just swapping all my computers over to linux as it far far better than anything i've used before. Have the above driver as identified in lsusb.

http://218.210.127.131/downloads/dow...Downloads=true

Downloaded the linux driver but dont know what to do from here. Tried doing it the windows inf file way but that didnt work. Or more like i couldnt get it working.

Any pointers?

[chili555]

Have the above driver as identified in lsusb.

Could you please post it?

lsusb

[bensewell]

Yes of course here it is

[chili555]

Please post:

sudo modprobe r8192s_usb
iwconfig
dmesg | grep 819

The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with \.

[bensewell]

Hi thanks for the reply.

Here are the screenshots with the commands from the terminal.

[chili555]

You have the classic firmware problem. It's pretty easily fixed. Remove the device. Get a wired ethernet connection temporarily and do:

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37387612/rtl8192sfw.bin.gz
gunzip rtl8192sfw.bin.gz
sudo mv rtl8192sfw.bin /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/

Reinsert the device and you should be working.

I notice that ndiswrapper is still active and you'll probably have a more efficient system if, after you verify the native driver is working, do:

sudo apt-get remove --purge ndiswrap*
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Post back if you get stuck.

[bensewell]

Ok will do. Will have to move the PC upstairs for the router connection and do some tinkering then all should be OK i think

Could i do this with another machine and then copy the files over with a usb stick?

[chili555]

Could i do this with another machine and then copy the files over with a usb stick?

Certainly. Drag and drop the firmware file to your desktop and then:

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU
cd Desktop
gunzip rtl8192sfw.bin.gz
sudo mv rtl8192sfw.bin /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/

Post back if you get stuck.

[bensewell]

worked a treat Thanks

[appleworm]

God bless you for this tutorial !!

I´m sorry for rebirthing this old thread, but I´m so happy! Thanks for this tutorial - I´ve tried everything (hours and hours of googling and trying lots of non-working tutorials) and it didn´t worked - everything but THIS !

Thank you very much