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Subject: Re: rtlwifi: RTL8188EE: Unable to connect to Wifi network
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To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
        Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
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From:   Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
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Dear Larry, dear Ping-Ke,


Thank you very much for your replies.

Am 08.11.22 um 23:36 schrieb Larry Finger:
> On 11/8/22 10:18, Paul Menzel wrote:

[…]

>> Am 08.11.22 um 13:49 schrieb Paul Menzel:
>>
>>> Using Debian sid/unstable with Linux 6.1-rc3 [1] on an Intel Haswell 
>>> Haier laptop with a RTL8188EE, I am unable to connect to a wireless 
>>> network.
>>>
>>>      $ sudo lspci -k -s 08:00.0
>>>      08:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
>>> RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
>>>          Subsystem: AzureWave RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter
>>>          Kernel driver in use: rtl8188ee
>>>          Kernel modules: rtl8188ee
>>>
>>> ```
>>> [  262.822320] wlp8s0: authenticate with 6c:f3:7f:10:ae:12
>>> [  262.822341] wlp8s0: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
>>> [  262.832384] wlp8s0: send auth to 6c:f3:7f:10:ae:12 (try 1/3)
>>> [  262.835124] wlp8s0: authenticated
>>> [  262.839046] wlp8s0: associate with 6c:f3:7f:10:ae:12 (try 1/3)
>>> [  262.850099] wlp8s0: RX AssocResp from 6c:f3:7f:10:ae:12 (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
>>> [  262.850331] wlp8s0: associated
>>> [  262.850925] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp8s0: link becomes ready
>>> […]
>>> [  307.618423] wlp8s0: deauthenticating from 6c:f3:7f:10:ae:12 by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
>>> ```
>>>
>>> wpa_supplicant 2:2.10-9+b2 logs:

[…]

>>> With more debugging verbosity (`-d`) it shows:

[…]
>>> It’d be really great to get WLAN working on the device.
>>
>> I tested Debian 11 Live ISO with Linux 5.10 and wpa_supplicant 2.9, 
>> and it has the same problem. I configured iwd, and ran iwmon, which 
>> got a trace [2] (where I unplugged the Ethernet cable during the trace).
> 
> I cannot duplicate your problem. When I installed the RTL8188EE chip in 
> my computer, wifi connected immediately, even before I connected an 
> external antenna.
> 
> My configuration is openSUSE Tumbleweed running a 6.1-rc4 kernel. The 
> network is controlled by NetworkManager v1.40.2 with wpa_supplicant 
> v2.10-4.

Thank you for checking. Just a quick update, the user reported back, 
that Wifi is working fine at here home. So it must be some 
incompatibility with our institute Aruba access points/Wifi.

Hopefully I have more time next week to gather more logs.


Kind regards,

Paul