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Realtek RTL8192E, RTL8188SU, RTL8191S, RTL8192SU, RTL8192U 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 included as staging drivers in the mainline Linux kernel.
The produced kernel modules are:
r8192_pci (supported devices)
r8192s_usb (suported devices)
Non-free firmware is required, which can be provided by installing the firmware-realtek package. Firmware 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
Add the Debian Backports repository to /etc/apt/sources.list, also including the "non-free" component. For example:
# Backported packages for Debian Lenny deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
Update the list of available packages and install the lenny-backports/debian-backports-keyring package:
# aptitude update # aptitude -t lenny-backports install debian-backports-keyring
As your system does not yet have the GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository installed, you will be asked to confirm installation of a package from an untrusted repository. Enter Yes when prompted.
Install a Linux 2.6.32 kernel image appropriate for your system, along with the lenny-backports/firmware-realtek and wireless-tools packages. For example:
# aptitude update # aptitude -t lenny-backports install linux-image-2.6-$(uname -r | sed 's,.*-,,') firmware-realtek wireless-tools
- Restart your system and boot with the newly installed kernel. 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
Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
Squeeze
Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
# Debian Squeeze (testing) deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-realtek and wireless-tools packages:
# aptitude update # aptitude install firmware-realtek wireless-tools
- 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
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 in Debian 2.6.32 kernel images.
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 in Debian 2.6.32 kernel images.
USB: 050D:805E Belkin Components F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter v5000 [Realtek RTL8192U] USB: 050D:815F Belkin Components F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter v6000 [Realtek RTL8192SU] USB: 06F8:E031 Guillemot Corp. Hercules HWNUm-300 Wireless N mini [Realtek RTL8191S] USB: 07AA:0043 Corega K.K. CG-WLUSB300N rev A2 [Realtek RTL8192U] USB: 0BDA:8171 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter 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: 0DF6:004B Sitecom Europe B.V. WL-349v3 Wireless Micro Adapter 150N X1 [Realtek RTL8192SU] USB: 1740:9201 Senao (Device name unknown) USB: 2001:3301 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWA-130 802.11n Wireless N Adapter(rev.C1) [Realtek RTL8192U] USB: 5A57:0290 Zinwell ZW-N290 802.11n [Realtek RTL8192SU]
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