Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f171.google.com ([209.85.214.171]:50979 "EHLO mail-ob0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757013AbbAZVct (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:32:49 -0500 Received: by mail-ob0-f171.google.com with SMTP id va2so10185245obc.2 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:32:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54C6B27F.2030209@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20150126_223301_644553_2D8FE6EB) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:32:47 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Burton Williams , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rtl8192ee issues References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/26/2015 02:47 PM, Burton Williams wrote: > Hi All - > > I am having problems with getting my wireless card to work. Here is what i did. > > I downloaded backports 3.18.1 and compiled and installed the wifi package > against my 3.17.8 kernel. (I'm running FC21). Then i modprobe -r r8192ee and > modprobe rtl8192ee. On first attempt i was able to connect to a wifi network and > see a link speed of more than 6mbs. (144 to be exact) So way better than i was > seeing before. I however did not see the network that is broadcasting on 5ghz. > Attached are copies of my dmesg from modprobe fwd. > > Please let me know if I can do something else, or if i did something > incorrectly. Any help is appreciated. > > Hardware is t440s running FC21 kernel 3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64 To the best of my knowledge, the RTL8192EE chip has no 5 GHz radio, thus there is no way you could see a 5 GHz AP. I will recheck that with Realtek and let you know if my information is wrong. Larry