So, the diff is idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp. idProduct 0x8189 RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
According to h-node [1], some chips work and some don't. Vendors often change chips without notifying anybody about it. Contact Chris, Thinkpenguin CEO. This should not happen. https://trisquel.info/en/users/chris/contact
[1] http://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/166/-Realtek-Semiconductor-Corp--RTL8187B-Wireless-802-11g-54Mbps-Network-Adapter/
