Last year (or so) there was a discussion about RealTek adapters not playing well in 1x environments. Since the start of the Fall term we've run in to several finicky systems with those adapters. I wanted to post this from a member of my team, just in case people are having similar issues. We believe this was just an interaction with older wireless AP's, but it is clearly RealTek-specific:
Hello, We have been seeing problems with the Realtek RTL8188EE WiFi adapter. I believe all the computers have been HP Pavilions. We have had four calls so far this year about users who cannot connect and they all had this adapter. Some reported that it worked fine in the Student Support center, but not in their rooms. One of them said it worked fine in the Library, but not in her room. At this point, I suspect this card has problems talking to our older wireless APs. We found a fix for this issue. If you come across this card, please do the following: 1. Update the driver. 2. Disable HT mode in the advanced tab in the adapter properties. After these changes, the user remains connected without issue. -Brian ____________________________________ Brian Helman, M.Ed | Director, ITS/Networking Services | *: 978.542.7272 Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St., Salem Massachusetts 01970 GPS: 42.502129, -70.894779 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
