[net-wireless] rtl8187l issues
Hello kernel-list :)
I have tried with AWUS036H (usb-wifi) that uses driver rtl8187 in F19 and F20 (kernel-3.11
until 3.12.6) but the card stops working (I still need to generate a dump, yeah) after 10
or 15 minutes (it hangs and disconnect). Using airodump-ng I notice no beacons are got,
unless of my own bssid.
I tested kali-linux (that is debian) and the card works pretty well.
I compared the driver provided by RealTek (
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=...
) and Red Hat (
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/sources/source_rpms/kernel-2.6.32-358...
) and there seems to be differences since the beginning.
As far I was able to check the Fedora and RHEL drivers are the same. Debian seems use the
one provided by RealTek but already compiled (of course).
If you google you will notice this issue (no beacons) is reported since 2010.
Someone already was able to make rtl8187l work in Fedora? How?
Our driver is old? Is the same provided by RealTek or we would need a backport?
Speaking about "backport" I tried use backports (
http://drvbp1.linux-foundation.org/~mcgrof/rel-html/backports/ ) but no luck too. I
didn't investigated why once Fedora was not working before anyway.
Any feedback, comments, words, are welcome.
Thanks!
Priscila Veiga
priscila(a)redhat.com