04-20-2012, 01:01 PM
Hey,So I currently use a "Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter" For my Linux Mint installation, but have found that support is spotty, and since I don't have access to an Ethernet cable as of current, if I don't get online via WIFI I am SOL.
I don't want to buy another of what I have BECAUSE I am about to start figuring out which distribution I am going to use. I am installing openSUSE, Fedora, Arch, Slackware, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint on this machine.
So I definitely looking for a Wifi doohickey that works out of the box for each of these.
Thanks!
===Don't think brand or model, think chipset, Linux does. Manufacturer will use different chips for different revisions of the same model.
Ath9 is a good chipset to have. Especially now there is open firmware.
Use http://www.linuxwireless.org/ to findout chipset for manufacter,model,revision. When you order, ensure revision is mentioned and return it if it is not what you ordered. ===
All Atheros 9xxx and most Intel cards should work just fine.
Alfa AWUS036NHA hands down. It uses an atheros chipset (the best linux support) and the firmware for this particular chipset was recently released as open source by qualcomm:
Second this suggestion. I've two of these and never had a single problem with them.
Hey OP, I have that too, it's a great example of Realtek's shitty drivers.
The drivers do work if you use 802.11G and fix to a channel instead of auto, but it drops once in a while.
I also have a TP-Link stick that works far better, sometimes it drops when there's a lot of signal noise, generally not a problem.
There's some extremely good atheros chips for Linux.
I think what I did was go on the Ubuntu supported hardware list (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported), found one that had a good rating and I could find in a local store and picked it up. I ended up with the DLink DWA-125 rev A2 (RAlink chipset). Works great OOTB. My last laptop had a built in Atheros card that worked OOTB. My current one has an Atheros as well, the AR9285 chipset. Again, works OOTB. Wifi on Linux has come a long way.
This: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=33-704-045&IsVirtualParent=1 works great for me. It works on Slackware, I think out of the box. I don't remember configuring it, but read the Newegg reviews, they seem to be heavily in favor of linux support.
another good experience with TP-Link hardware. Upgraded my PC and my old WLAN PCI card didn't work. Changed to a TP-Link card (with the Atheros 9 chipset) and everything's great.
No driver download any more - worked out of the box (with Debian) !
I bought this- https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-pci-card
It worked out of the box on my last project and I was very happy with it. That machine was disassembled and it's waiting for my next project, actually.
Essentially, everything on Think Penguin will work for your build. Good luck.
Ouch! They want $57 dollars for that PCI card, plus, I was really looking for a USB device.
Ahhh, then I cannot help you, as my experience with USB adapters is spotty. There are several known wireless USB adapters, however.. Check out- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
Most, if not all of the devices listed are supported upstream in the kernel, not through supplemental packages, so regardless of the distro, you should be good to go.
I have had great luck with this one
I have used it on Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu all without issue.
Whatever you do, stay away from this:
http://www.encore-usa.com/us/taxonomy/term/69/all
Works like crap.
I have used a few wifi card over the past few years. The only one that ever gave me hassle had a Broadcom chipset. I am away from my Desktop at the moment so I can't get you specific chipsets but the Newest one I have used is THIS ONE. I also have an older Rosewill wireless G USB stick which I believe is a 8188L (or maybe LE). If USB isn't a factor then I have an older PCI card with a Ralink 2561 (? I think it used the rt61 module) chipset. I also have a notebook with an Intel card with Bluetooth I believe it is a 2230 that works out of the box. None of these have given me any issues or had any noticeable drops on Debian/Ubuntu based distros.
You could just grab an old router, flash it with DD-WRT and use it to connect to wireless.
You connect to your router with an ethernet cable and it acts as the wireless client. A few routers support client/bridge mode out of the box, the TP-Link TL-WR702N is cheap.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3303 D-Link System DWA-131 802.11n Wireless N Nano Adapter(rev.A1) [Realtek RTL8192SU]
This one works great at least.
Cisco usb dongle Linksys AM10 v1 802.11n [Ralink RT3072] has been working flawless for me. No configuring needed. It just works.
04-20-2012, 01:01 PM
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Trendnet TU2-ETG Linux compatibility
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04-21-2012, 05:54 AM
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post the output of 'lsusb'
04-21-2012, 05:59 AM
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some quick googling told me what kind of chipset that device uses, below
is the link to the drivers, but before you got off and try installing the driver do a 'lsmod | grep
asix'...if you get nothing then do a 'modprobe asix' to load the driver and see if you can get any further
http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?...emID=84;71;100
04-21-2012, 08:32 AM
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Well, I didn't open the package and, if possible, I would like to know
before I do it because, if I can't use it, I will return it and have a refund ...
I had a look at the link you posted. As my kernel is 2.6.32-40, it seems that the suggested driver should
work ...
Do you think it's worth trying to install the adapter ?
04-21-2012, 01:26 PM
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then what was the point of making this thread if you havent tried it?
even if you opened the package you can return it regardless of if it worked or not, retailers just send
it back to the MFG
just open it up and pop it in and we'll be here to assist if you run into complications
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ok. so I plugged it.
It's seen as eth2. I can assign an IPV4 address. It can ping itself but I have no link with the lan
(Destination Host Unreachable) ... Of course, when I configure it with DHCP, it can't get an address.
04-22-2012, 05:21 PM
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more info :
led indicators :
1000Mbps : on
Link : off
I can capture broadcast traffic :
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This guy says it will work :
http://seriss.com/people/erco/ubuntu/
04-24-2012, 04:18 PM
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not sure how deep your networking experience goes but if you assign
a static address you'll also need to assign the default gateway and any DNS servers
DHCP issues could point to a few things like firewall blocking return packets to network scripts being
misconfigured
post more info about distro and window manager so we can help
04-25-2012, 04:04 AM
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more info :
Quote:
Quote:
thanks in advance,
olivier
05-03-2012, 11:13 AM
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you say its seen as eth2 which means its working at a hardware level
- you also said you can assign a static address
so with that being said post the output of 'ifconfig' and 'route' or 'netstat -r'
the Destination Host Unreachable message means you have no route to whatever you're trying to ping -
so you'll either need a gateway or a static route in place
but again, i need to see the output of the above commands before i can give a solid answer
joker20
odjb
I'm pretty sure I don't need nor gateway neither DNS server as I'm only trying to make it work on the LAN (works fine with onboard adapter).
About DHCP, again, it works fine with the onboard network adapter ...
I'd also add that I don't use any firewall at home and it doesn't work.
Original Poster
So, here are the results of the requested commands. Although I disabled
the onboard ethernet adapter in the BIOS, it sees the Trendnet USB adapter as eth1 (eth0 not found -
there was a typo in my previous posts as it always appeared as eth1 and not eth2 as I mentionned before).
Of course, eth1 is configured as static as i can't get an IP address through DHCP.
odjb
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Ok guys, I tried something I should have done before :
First, I tested the adapter with Windows 7 -> it worked fine. At least, I knew there was no hardware
problem with it.
As I have a virtual Ubuntu on this machine, I decided try the adapter with it. I added the Trendnet
adapter in Virtualbox and booted -> IT WORKS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
The difference seems to be the kernel version as you can see below (it's Ubuntu 12.04). I'll check the
kernel version of my other machine at home (Ubuntu 10.04) because it didn't work either
odjb
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