On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:38 PM, 李申 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for your help. I think i have load the driver "r8712u" correctly > because when i plug in the usb wireless card and input "dmesg" ,the > terminal shows as follow: > > [ 1143.460035] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd > [ 1143.892850] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is > unknown, you have been warned. > [ 1143.894901] r8712u: Staging version > [ 1143.894930] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops > [ 1143.894934] r8712u: USB_SPEED_LOW with 4 endpoints > [ 1143.897053] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK > [ 1146.648066] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000 > [ 1146.648073] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 1c:7e:e5:ad:55:07 > [ 1146.648077] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin" > [ 1146.648146] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u > [ 1147.606058] r8712u: 1 RCR=0x153f00e > [ 1147.609060] r8712u: 2 RCR=0x553f00e > [ 1147.733121] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Yes, please see Bob's response. > Also after I input "lsmod" I can see the module "r8712u" and my usb wireless > card can connect to our lab's wireless router. > Question: > Yesterday I tried to find and buy other type of usb wireless card whose > driver is "p54usb" or "zd1211rw",so I print the device list from this page > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices/USB .Unfortunately ,I searched > almost electronic markets in local city and the store managers told me that > the usb wireless cards on the list were outdated and stopped production. > I think the device list is too old.In fact,I choose the D-Link DWL-G122 as > the list told me that its driver is "p54usb". But when I get the card I > found that its driver is "r8712u". So could you give me some suggestions > about the other newer type of usb wireless cards whose driver is "p54usb" or > "zd1211rw"?D-Link or TP-Link will be better. The tp-link wn721n and wn821n use the ath9k_htc driver and are pretty popular around the office. > Another question: > When I plug in the D-Link DWL-G122 in Ubuntu BT5 the "iw" commands are > usable.After I input "iw list" it only shows "Wiphy phy0" , I think it's my > build-in wireless card but not the usb one.However I can use the usb one to > link to wireless router.Could you tell me why? See Bob's email above. > By using "iw list" I can get the information "Supported interface modes:" > include IBSS, managed,monitor(but no mesh). Does this mean that the wireless > card do not support mesh? Right, not without some hacking :) Thomas _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
