[Voyage-linux] RTL8187B Realtek USB Wifi Dongle not assigned a device

[Doug Shawhan]

Okay. My RTL8192 (it's an asus N-13) works great. The 8187 is supposed to
be the go to dongle for something that works with minimal config. Live and
learn.

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE
<punkytse at punknix.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> No all drivers are included in voyage kernel, esp.  USB wifi dongle.  I
> believe RTL8187 is missed out.
>
>
> On 5/10/2012 10:09 AM, Doug Shawhan wrote:
>
>> I am having difficulty getting Voyage to assign a device to my realtek
>> 8187 wifi dongle.
>>
>> I have installed firmware-realtek from debian backports.
>>
>> I bought this particular adapter because it is supposed to "just work",
>>  but so far it's been kind of a wash. Any clues?
>>
>> PCEngine ALIX 3
>>
>> Linux voyage 3.2.16-voyage #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 1 17:53:55 HKT 2012
>> i586 GNU/Linux
>>
>> root at voyage:~# [ 7394.676890] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number
>> 3 using ehci_hcd
>> [ 7394.818883] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda,
>> idProduct=8189
>> [ 7394.839335] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
>> SerialNumber=3
>> [ 7394.860840] usb 1-1: Product: RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter
>> [ 7394.875494] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Manufacturer_Realtek
>> [ 7394.892010] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
>>
>>  --
> Regards,
> Kim-man "Punky" Tse
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