Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 03:39:20PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> >>Paul
> >What happend if you do:
>
> I have done these many times but I recently got and compiled a
> driver from Realtek (from Wayne's suggestion). It isn't named
> rtl8185 but r8185b. I thought I had tested that well enough and
> that it wasn't working,
>
> >ifconfig wlanx up
> >iwconfig wlanx essid "your_essid"
> >dhclient wlanx
>
> These now work on my temporarily unsecured home network!
>
> Now on to secured networks.
A few minutes with man and I am now connected to a secured network. wicd seems
to work now that I am connected already. I don't know why it didn't work before
and I don't know whether it will work if I shut down the card.
Thanks for everyone's help up to here,
Paul
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