Re: rtl8188ce in Debian Sid
On 11 April 2012 09:17, Mat Enders <mat.enders@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
I'm using tp-link router. same problem when using Tenda router.
> --
> Mathew E. Enders
>
> "Where once Samba and Apache sold Linux to the world they are now just
> part of the plumbing. But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
> --Jeremy Allison
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