Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f48.google.com ([209.85.218.48]:34330 "EHLO mail-oi0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752533AbcBDRjq (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:39:46 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-f48.google.com with SMTP id w5so20020918oie.1 for ; Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:39:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: alfa awus036nhr v2 and module rtl8xxxu To: Jes Sorensen , Drunk Cat References: Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Larry Finger Message-ID: <56B38CDF.9010806@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20160204_183949_860097_46C88F05) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 11:39:43 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/04/2016 10:45 AM, Jes Sorensen wrote: > Drunk Cat writes: >> problem: it does not connect to any wifi network you can see the time out on >> dmesg >> >> >>> lsusb >> >> Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0bda:817f Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188RU >> 802.11n WLAN Adapter >> >>> iwconfig >> wlp0s20u1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any >> Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm >> Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off >> Power Management:off >>> dmesg > > Not sure what distribution you are running, but I am seeing problems > with NetworkManager in recent Fedora. > > Could you try the following: > 1) Unplug the WiFi dongle > 2) (Re)load the driver (rmmod rtl8xxxu ; insmod rtl8xxxu) > 3) Restart NetworkManager 'systemctl restart NetworkManager' > 4) Plug in the WiFi dongle Jes, I can confirm what Drunk Cat sees. There is something different about the RTL8192RU as using the iwconfig utility shows no APs in the scan. I hope to get to debugging the problem soon. Larry