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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:46:25 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: rtl8187 wireless issues
From: "P.G. Richardson" <p.g.richardson@phantomjinx.co.uk>
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Hello,

I recently bought a new laptop from Novatech.co.uk
(http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/range.html?t=3Dnb&c=3Dall&r=3DX60).

I have installed Mandriva 2009 (2.6.27-7) on the laptop and despite bes=
t
efforts cannot make the internal wifi card connect to my router. The ca=
rd
is reported by lsusb as

id: 0x8189 chipset: rtl8187b

I use WPA2 with a pre-shared key on my router. Would you mind giving me
guidance as to whether this is relibaly working with the rtl8187 driver=
?

Basically, I am unable to associate with the router. Looking at
wpa_supplicant debug output, it indicates the card simply times out whe=
n
trying to associate. However, on one brief occasion a couple of days ag=
o,
I was able to associate according to iwconfig, yet despite best efforts=
 I
was unable to ping anything.

It seems as well that when the driver is installed (currently blacklist=
ed
in modprobe.conf), it stops other network interfaces operating correctl=
y.
=46or example, I am unable to ping from a wired ethernet and unable to
associate with the AP with an externel wireless USB dongle.

I have since tried the 2.6.29 kernel from its git repository but that
version of the rtl8187 driver did not associate either.

At this point I am constrained by lack of debugging knowledge. The only
tools I know of is iwconfig and friends, wpa_supplicant -ddd and ifconf=
ig.
If someone wouldnt mind giving me an idea of how to approach debugging
this problem then I could try and understand what is going on myself.

Any help very much appreciated.

Thanks

P. G. Richardson
(a.k.a phantomjinx)

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