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Realtek RTL8192E, RTL8192SU devices
This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on Realtek 802.11n chipsets on Debian systems.
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Drivers
rtl8192e and rtl8192su are vendor drivers for Realtek 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets. They are now included as staging drivers in the mainline Linux kernel.
The produced kernel modules are:
r8192_pci (supported devices)
r8192s_usb (suported devices)
Firmware is required and must be installed prior to device operation.
These staging drivers are only available for the x86 and x86-64 architectures (Debian i386 and AMD64 ports respectively) at this time.
Realtek 802.11b/g devices are supported by different drivers.
Installation
Lenny users:
For RTL8192E chipset support, install a backported kernel image from Debian Backports. Restart your system with this kernel before continuing.
- RTL8192SU chipset support is currently not available.
Squeeze (testing) users:
- RTL8192SU chipset support is currently not available.
Install the subversion and wireless-tools packages:
# aptitude update && aptitude install subversion wireless-tools # exit
Acquire and install device firmware:
$ svn export svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/realtek/RTL8192E $ svn export svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/realtek/RTL8192SU $ su # mkdir /usr/local/lib/firmware # cp -r RTL8192* /usr/local/lib/firmware
- If not already performed, connect the device to your system.
The necessary kernel module should be automatically loaded. If necessary, it can be manually loaded via either:
# modprobe r8192_pci
or
# modprobe r8192s_usb
Verify your device has an available interface:
# iwconfig
Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:
# ifconfig wlan0 up
Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
Supported Devices
r8192_pci
The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.
The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo r8192_pci on Sid.
PCI: 07AA:0044 (Vendor name unknown) (Device name unknown) PCI: 07AA:0047 (Vendor name unknown) (Device name unknown) PCI: 10EC:8192 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192E Wireless LAN Controller
r8192s_usb
The page HowToIdentifyADevice/USB explains how to identify a USB device.
The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo r8192s_usb on Sid.
USB: 050D:805E Belkin Components Realtek RTL8192U [F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter v5000] USB: 07AA:0043 Corega K.K. (Device name unknown) USB: 0BDA:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191S WLAN Adapter USB: 0BDA:8192 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Device name unknown) USB: 0BDA:8709 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Device name unknown) USB: 0DF6:0031 Sitecom Europe B.V. (Device name unknown) USB: 1740:9201 Senao (Device name unknown) USB: 2001:3301 D-Link Corp. [hex] (Device name unknown) USB: 5A57:0290 Zinwell (Device name unknown)
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