[SOLVED] rtl8187b drivers for ubuntu hardy

[tjwoosta]

I guess I have to use the USB adapter through the wget process, though. Don't I? I guess I could yank it after that, give the system a solid 30 seconds to calm down and fully disconnect, then try the following commands to see what I get.

wget http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/rtl...ed-dist.tar.gz

wget http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/rtl8187b/2.6.24.patch

theese two commands only download the driver and the patch

they will be in saved in the /home/username directory

(thats also the directory the terminal starts out in when you first open it)

hmm.. i wonder

try just clicking my links to download rather then using the wget option (just save to /home/yourusername)

[pjasnos]

lol.. sry pjasons i wasn't trying to steal your glory


i was just listing the steps i took (it just happens that the steps i took were the ones you originaly wrote)

I was just kidding

Roasted, those "invalid symbol" messages indicate that you probably don't have linux kernel headers (or source) matching your kernel. Having the 3Com adapter plugged in shouldn't interfere as errors you get are clearly related to kernel sources/kernel binaries mismatch... Can you provide output from uname -a ?

[Roasted]

jason@jason-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux jason-laptop 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[chutiloco]

SOLVED?

Hi!

My laptop is a Toshiba L300-10Q with rtl8187b-->8197 code

I installed Cuervo and patch driver, but it only works with open authentification. Somebody can connect WEP or WPA wifi?

I tried to install ndiswripper (with different options and drivers)...same results.


No solution found neither in https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=652149

[tjwoosta]

i can connect to wep fine with the linux driver mentioned on the first page with the patch

i havn not tried wpa but i have read this entire thread and by the sounds of it the ndiswrapper driver works better for wpa (although i could not get the driver to work at all)

[shawnrgr]

This post is amazing. Great input from all you guys.

I was wondering if anyone figured out how to fix the whole "no signal strength thing". I can connect fine and speeds are good. but network manager does shows 0 signal for all wifi detected.

I ran through the steps for compiling the modified realtek driver without issues and it worked off the bat without errors. Signal strength seems to be my only issue aside from wpa.

Any tips?

[fbhz85]

Guys,

I just came here after like hmmm... 20 hours infront of my laptop trying to put my Realtek Wireless Card RTL8187B (Recognised by Ubuntu as RTL8189B) to work and connect via ndiswrapper OR native drivers... anyone I would be happy.

I tried A LOT of ways to get it working trying with native and ndiswrapper drivers.

I will try to describe exactly what I did... it will be hard once my memory is not one of the best! LOL

My Laptop is a: Toshiba A210-1B1

VERY IMPORTANT: This tutorial worked for a REALTEK Wireless Card Internal USB 2.0 - Chipset: RTL8187B (RTL8197B | Linux)

WPA > is not working.

WEP > Couldn`t test it.

SIGNAL STRENGTH > Working

=== Now my tutorial for those who still have problems with the card ===

Step 1 - Housekeeping

First thing is to do some ¨housekeeping¨:

Open Terminal and type:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

Now with the file ´modules' open on gedit remove the line ndiwsrapper (if it has it).

Save and Close.

Done? Alright!

Open Synaptics and remove ALL versions of ndiswrapper: ndiswrapper; ndiswrapper-utils and ndiswrapper-common.
> > > Mark the option: "Mark for complete removal"

Ok. Done? Reboot your computer.

Ps.: if you changed something else diferent than this options listed above, remember to put it back to the original.

Now that everything is "clean" we can continue.

==========

Step 2 - Downloading Files

Download the files below and save them on a folder you will remember:

ndiswrapper-common 1.52 => http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...buntu1_all.deb

ndiswrapper-utils 1.9_1.52 => http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...untu1_i386.deb

To install, double-click on the files and install it.

Now one of the most important steps.

STEP 3 - Win98 Drivers

Download the file:

RTL8187B - Windows 98 => http://www.thecashplanet.com/ubuntu/...diswrapper.zip

IMPORTANT: Download and USE the drive above, don't use other versions. Ps.: I was looking for this file for 5 hours today and this is the right one and maybe will help a LOT of people that still experience problems with this wireless card.

Now we have to make a modification in one of the driver files.

Open the file net8187b.inf and find the following lines:

%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB/VID_0BDA&PID_8187&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8189&REV_0200

UNDER those lines add the following line:

%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8197&REV_0200

Now, save the file on /YOUR_USER/Desktop/win98/ (you can save wherever you want to I will use this folder to make it easier) and close the file.

Step 4 - Installing the Driver

Assuming that you already have ndiswrapper installed just type the following on a terminal window:

cd ~/Desktop/win98
sudo ndiswrapper -i net8187b.inf

Assuming NO ERROS, type:

ndiswrapper -l

You should see something like this:

Installed ndis drivers:
{name of driver} driver present, hardware present

or

{name of driver} : driver installed
device ({Chipset ID}) present

Then, type:

sudo ndiswrapper -m

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Now you should add one line to the startup:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

add without quotes

'ndiswrapper'

in the last line.

Save and Close the 'modules' file.

Restart your computer.

Step 5 - Connecting to the network

Now if everything went well you should see a icon near to the clock, network icon.

Click on this and select the network you want to connect!

Ps.: Like I told in the beginning, SORRY but this tutorial is only to connect to networks without WPA-PSK Key. Couldn test with WEP but I`m sure with WPA Auth it will NOT work.

Well guys, that´s all and probably you are connected!

If you have any questions just let me know.

LaNCeloT_RW

IRC: chat.freenode.net | #ubuntu
http://odeiowindows.blogspot.com

Ps.: Sorry about my English!!! LOL

>>> Credits <<<

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...n/ndiswrapper/

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...u-7.10-631453/

[pmulgaonkar]

I too am having problems with the installation. I have all the linux sources and headers installed. When I run the ./makedrv file, I get:

am stuck trying to run the ./mkdrv file.
I get an error message that says:
rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.mod.* *.ko *.o *~
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/build M=/home/prasanna/Downloaded Packages/rtl8187b-modified/ieee80211 CC=gcc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `Packages/rtl8187b-modified/ieee80211'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko *~
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/build M=/home/prasanna/Downloaded Packages/rtl8187b-modified/rtl8187 CC=gcc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `Packages/rtl8187b-modified/rtl8187'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2


I dont understand what the "no rule to make target" means and how to fix it. Any help will be much appreciated.

--prasanna

[fbhz85]

If you don't want to follow the method I posted before, try to use these files: http://www.thecashplanet.com/ubuntu/...fied-patch.zip to install the native drivers. Use the Patch inside the .zip archive, it will correct the error when compiling the driver.

Sorry but I don't remember exactly where I got this drivers with the patch neither how to do it with native drivers.

Good Luck!

[pmulgaonkar]

[Solved]

I finally figured it out after a bunch of poking on the web. I made two changes:
1. the name of the directory where I had the driver files had a space in it. Apparently, some scripts and makefiles can get confused by this\
2. secondly I changed all the files in the directory tree with the unpacked drivers, to be executable via a chmod -R +x *

This seemed to let the script run to competion. Hope this helps anyone else trying this.

The driver did allow me to bring up the wlan. However, it keeps going down intermittently and each time it does, it prompts me for the WEP key again. Manually setting the parameters through the iwconfig commands dont allow the access point to automatically reconnect.

I am tired of debugging this adapter and planning to switch (unless someone has a hint of how to make the adapter auto recover from a dropped connection).

Thanks all. Hope this helps others.