Re: rtl8188ce in Debian Sid
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:06 PM, wolf python london
<lyh19901223@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 April 2012 00:31, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:19:28 +0800, wolf python london wrote:
>>
>>> Hey everyone there,> http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x
>>>
>>> My laptopn ships with a realtek 8188ce chipset.But It often disconnects
>>> from my wireless router. I'm not sure whether it's the problem of
>>> hardware(chipset) or the driver and firmware in Debian Sid. I did
>>> reference this page** http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x **. And it did can
>>> connect to my router. The problem is it often disconnect from my router.
>>
>> Was the wifi driver working stable before and stopped from doing (e.g.,
>> after an update) it or have you been always getting reconnects?
>>
> Nope, it always behaves like this. I bought this laptop 2 months ago .
> It sometimes
> reconnects to my router, sometimes I have to reconnect manually.
>
>>> I was wondering someone use rtl8188ce fine with driver(in Debian from
>>> Kernel) and firmware(in Debian from Realtek). If it's not the problem
>>> of driver and firmware, I should go replace another realtek 8188ce
>>> chipset.
>>
>> What kernel module are you loading ("lsmod | grep -i rtl")?
>>
> rtl8192ce, it seems fine.
> $ lsmod | grep -i rtl
> rtl8192ce 60694 0
> rtlwifi 81350 1 rtl8192ce
> rtl8192c_common 52602 1 rtl8192ce
> mac80211 192768 3 rtl8192c_common,rtlwifi,rtl8192ce
> cfg80211 137140 2 mac80211,rtlwifi
> usbcore 128498 8
> ehci_hcd,usbhid,uas,usb_storage,ums_realtek,rtlwifi,uvcvideo
>
>> As you're on sid, you'll be running one of the latests kernels (3.2?) but
>> you can also try to compile kernel 3.3 (or even 3.4) available from
>> upstream sources to check if you get any improvement.
>
> I'm using 3.2.0-2-amd64 kernel.
> hmm, I have Funtoo current installed in the same laptop, which use
> kernel 3.2 and 3.3. Same problem.
> One weird problem is If I don't use it in several minutes, it
> disconnects from my router,and no longer reconnects an more.
>
>
>> Also, there's a open bug report for the firmware blob (rtl8192cufw.bin),
>> is that the same file you're using? "dmesg | grep -i rtl" will tell:
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661860
>>
> it seems not what I'm using .
> $ dmesg | grep rtl
> [ 6.412295] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 17
> [ 6.412306] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [ 6.657820] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
> [ 6.658289] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
> [ 20.642817] rtl8192c_common: Loading firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
> [ 21.463148] rtl8192c_common: Loading firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
> [ 30.008822] rtl8192c_common: Loading firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
>
> Whole dmesg is here * https://gist.github.com/2356047 *.
> Thanks !
>
>
I have seen this several times with Belkin routers. The issue is the
router not the card.
To test it reboot the router if you can then reconnect to it it is
most likely the router.
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