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Bug#726398: linux: Fail to work with USB wifi dongle TP-Link TL-WN725N V2 (USB id 0bda:8179)



fixed 726398 3.13.7-1~bpo70+1
usertags 726398 + pca.it-installation
thanks

Hi there!

On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:24:23 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Steve Cotton]
>> Sorry for incorrect information.  Bjørn is correct.
>> 
>> (I guess it's better to confirm this in the BTS log than not to).
>
> Yes, I tested it on Jessie too, so I can confirm that it do not work
> there either.  Trying to tag this in the BTS meta information.

It works with 3.13.7-1~bpo70+1, tested on two different wheezy machines,
the firmware is however non-free:
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# dmesg
[...]
usb 4-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
usb 4-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8179
usb 4-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 4-1.1: Product: 802.11n NIC
usb 4-1.1: Manufacturer: Realtek
usb 4-1.1: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001
Chip Version Info: CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_A_CUT_1T1R_RomVer(0)
r8188eu 4-1.1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
R8188EU: Firmware Version 11, SubVersion 1, Signature 0x88e1
MAC Address = a0:f3:c1:14:4e:56
IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
r8188eu 4-1.1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
r8188eu 4-1.1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
r8188eu 4-1.1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
# uname -a
Linux tinello 3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.13.7-1~bpo70+1 (2014-03-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# dpkg-query -W firmware-realtek
firmware-realtek0.41~bpo70+1
# 
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Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

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