在 2012-08-17 17:20:28,"Thomas Pedersen" <[email protected]> 写道:
>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 the usb wireless cards on the list were outdated and stopped production.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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Thank you.
But the driver list on this page http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers
shows that the ath9k_htc driver doesn't support mesh.Are you sure it will work?
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