Hi On Saturday 15 May 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 08:56 +0200, Miguel J.Jiménez wrote: > > > The firmware seems to have uploaded correctly to the device. > > > > My mistake... that was 68533bf8078a9e00966a78c9f2da4b9b firmware and > > not the one provided with the deb package. > [...] > > OK, I've found this file - not on the Realtek site but on a random > file-sharing site! Since I've now collected quite a few Realtek driver > packages which aren't easily available, I've uploaded all those that are > redistributable to <http://people.debian.org/~benh/rtl-wlan/>. > > Stefan, please download > <http://people.debian.org/~benh/rtl-wlan/rtl8192su_linux_2.6.0002.0708.2009.tar.gz> and check whether the firmware blob in there (which should be the same one Miguel has used) works for you as well. 68533bf8078a9e00966a78c9f2da4b9b */lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin Does work for me as well: [ 69.922023] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 [ 70.038440] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8171 [ 70.038443] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 70.038445] usb 1-3: Product: RTL8188S WLAN Adapter [ 70.038447] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek [ 70.038449] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001 [ 70.131710] r8192s_usb: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 70.135003] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' [ 70.135006] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP' [ 70.135007] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP' [ 70.135009] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP' [ 70.135010] [ 70.135011] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards [ 70.135012] Copyright (c) 2007-2008, Realsil Wlan [ 70.135274] ==>ep_num:4, in_ep_num:1, out_ep_num:3 [ 70.135276] ==>RtInPipes:3 [ 70.135278] ==>RtOutPipes:4 6 13 [ 70.135281] ==>txqueue_to_outpipemap for BK, BE, VI, VO, HCCA, TXCMD, MGNT, HIGH, BEACON: [ 70.135282] 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 [ 70.345766] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl819xU [ 84.803010] usb 1-3: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin [ 87.528569] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan2: link is not ready [ 87.802108] Linking with surveyor,channel:1, qos:1, myHT:1, networkHT:1, mode:10 [ 87.802121] Linking with surveyor,channel:1, qos:1, myHT:1, networkHT:1, mode:10 [ 87.863184] Associated successfully [ 87.863187] Using G rates:108 [ 87.863189] Successfully associated, ht enabled [ 87.929515] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan2: link becomes ready [ 88.053026] padlock: VIA PadLock not detected. [ 88.117882] Intel AES-NI instructions are not detected. [ 89.528564] dm_check_edca_turbo():iot peer is 0x0:unknown, bssid:00:27:19:fe:47:84 [ 98.065009] wlan2: no IPv6 routers present It is slightly slower though, ~5130 KB/s (a5ad703551efb108ba012b4b8a830d93) compared to 4970 KB/s (68533bf8078a9e00966a78c9f2da4b9b) for a 65 MB kernel tarball served by vsftpd from a local server (access point using Atheros AR9100 MAC/BB Rev:0 AR2133 RF Rev:a2 with ath9k, local server connected via GBit/s ethernet). Regards Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
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