2007-09-07 11:12:25

by maximilian attems

Subject: rtl8187 on realtek 8189

hello guys,

tried to get the wireless of the latest medion working,
but simple pci id addition seems not enough, can't see
any access point.
what info do you need?

also why the hack is the interface wlan0 and not ethX?

regards

--
maks

lsusb:
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"tunet"
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

dmesg:
wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
phy1: hwaddr 00:07:ca:06:2e:7b, rtl8187 V0 + rtl8225
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187


diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
index e61c6d5..ee6c8dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
static struct usb_device_id rtl8187_table[] __devinitdata = {
/* Realtek */
{USB_DEVICE(0x0bda, 0x8187)},
+ {USB_DEVICE(0x0bda, 0x8189)},
/* Netgear */
{USB_DEVICE(0x0846, 0x6100)},
{USB_DEVICE(0x0846, 0x6a00)},

2007-09-07 15:28:11

by Dan Williams

Subject: Re: rtl8187 on realtek 8189

On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 13:12 +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> hello guys,
>
> tried to get the wireless of the latest medion working,
> but simple pci id addition seems not enough, can't see
> any access point.
> what info do you need?
>
> also why the hack is the interface wlan0 and not ethX?

Names mean nothing, ignore them, just use them. Older cards used ethX
because they actually _do_ pass up ethernet-framed packets. It's not a
hack.

Dan