RTL8180 Ubuntu Package

[Termina]

This is the rtl8180-sa2400 package from sourceforge.

It doesn't compile (easily) on ubuntu, but I finnally got it working.

Thought I'd share it with everyone who uses that chipset.

See this website for a list of cards that are known to work.
http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/

This was compiled using the 2.6.12-10-386 kernel, I'm not sure if it'll work with any other kernels.

Make sure to add

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

to /etc/network/interfaces

This is my first package, so I hope you enjoy it. Anyone know how I can submit it to the ubuntu respositories?

This module should load on bootup, but to load it manually:

insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/net/rtl8180/ieee80211_crypt-r8180.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/net/rtl8180/ieee80211_crypt_wep-r8180.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/net/rtl8180/ieee80211-r8180.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/net/rtl8180/r8180.ko

Unlike using ndiswrapper, or the provided realtek drivers, this can go into managed/monitor mode.

I had to use .tar.gz which contains .deb file, since I couldn't upload it otherwise.

Enjoy!