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 the usb wireless cards on the list were outdated and stopped  production.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
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