ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU]

[Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>]

I have an ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev.
B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU], which I would like to use with hostapd on
Debian 10.3 as updated. I have installed firmware-realtek version
20190114-2. The adapter shows up in lsusb, and I believe the firmware
blob is loading.

root@chaffee:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b05:17ab ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Uninterruptible Power Supply
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
root@chaffee:~#

It appears that kernel modules are loaded:

root@chaffee:~# lsmod | grep 8192
rtl8192cu              65536  0
rtl_usb                20480  1 rtl8192cu
rtl8192c_common        45056  1 rtl8192cu
rtlwifi                65536  3 rtl_usb,rtl8192c_common,rtl8192cu
mac80211              569344  3 rtl_usb,rtlwifi,rtl8192cu
snd_pcm                81920  2 snd_cs5535audio,snd_ac97_codec
usbcore               188416  8 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_pci,rtl_usb,rtl8192cu,ohci_hcd,ehci_pci
root@chaffee:~# 

However, the adapter does not show up in the results of "ifconfig -a" or
"iwconfig".

root@chaffee:~# ifconfig -a
enp0s13: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.100.30  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.100.255
        inet6 fe80::201:c0ff:fe03:f844  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:01:c0:03:f8:44  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 11212168  bytes 1341134391 (1.2 GiB)
        RX errors 6  dropped 14  overruns 4  frame 0
        TX packets 18756818  bytes 23727261694 (22.0 GiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

enp0s14: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:01:c0:03:d3:b6  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 18832  bytes 1892887 (1.8 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 18832  bytes 1892887 (1.8 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

root@chaffee:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

enp0s13   no wireless extensions.

enp0s14   no wireless extensions.

root@chaffee:~#

The adapter is not enp0s14 or 13; those are prior hardware.



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