On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 16:29 +0200, Bertrand Marc wrote: > Hi, > > Same problem for me, using the rtl8180 module with a Trendnet 423PI > (with a rtl8185 chipset) mostly time out. Sometimes it associates with > the AP but the connexion is low, it drops randomly and it fails to > associate again. It is well described on Ubuntu : > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/290325 > > On 32bits platform, users usually fall back to ndiswrapper and stop > complaining. But on 64bits platform, the only solution for me was to use > the driver provided by Realtek : > http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=1&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8185L > <http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=1&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8185L> > It needs a little patch to build on 2.6.32 but works fine, and provide > WEP and WPA connection at a good rate. > > I also want to point out this Realtek driver seems to be based on the > free http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ driver. > > It seems to me rtl8185 and rtl8180 are not realy compatible... But the Ubuntu bug you refer to shows the same problem with an RTL8180! So I think this is nothing to do with differences between the two chips, and is just a bug in the driver. > Do you > think it is possible to merge the Realtek driver for 8185 chipsets into > the (Debian) kernel ? We don't add drivers unless they are part of the mainline Linux kernel. And it seems to me that the rtl8180 driver should be able to work with this hardware. Please test whether this bug is fixed in Linux 2.6.39, currently available in unstable. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false.
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