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<td>Re: [Voyage-linux] using an Alix 3d2 as a wifi client
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<td>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:13:34 -0600</td>
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<td>Jeff <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ramin@jefframin.org"><ramin@jefframin.org></a></td>
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<td>Arun Khan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:knura9@gmail.com"><knura9@gmail.com></a></td>
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<pre>On 12/01/2012 01:01 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
>> The 3d2 is running voyage 0.9-rc1. I want to use a Rosewill RNX-N150UBE (a
>> USB device) for the wifi
>> interface on the Alix box. As I see it, I need to do two things:
>>
>> add support for the USB wifi device, which uses the Realtek RTL8188SU
>> chipset configure voyage to route/bridge traffic between the wifi and ethernet
>> interfaces
> To the best of my understanding - bridging between wifi and ethernet
> devices work in the AP mode only. Otherwise you may have to look @
> ebtables and work at the frame level.
The first step is getting the USB wireless to work, which I haven't been
able to yet. My research
yesterday indicates I need the r8712u module, which isn't available in
the 3.4.4-voyage kernel.
I've really been hoping to avoid building a new kernel...
>
> According to this link, the device has Linux drivers from kernel 2.6
> on wards - should be there in 0.9rc1.
> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166055&Tpk=Rosewill%20RNX-N150UBE"><http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166055&Tpk=Rosewill%20RNX-N150UBE></a>
>
> What does dmesg show?
When I plug the Rosewill in, nothing appears in dmesg. This excerpt is
from when I manually
insert the rtl8192cu module, which I thought was what I needed, but I no
longer think that's true:
[ 8.994354] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
[ 9.008462] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 9.008537] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 9.008621] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.008701] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.008780] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.012890] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.012991] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
> What does lsusb show?
root@voyage:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8171 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188SU
802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> What does ifconfig -a show?
This is the heart of my current problem; no wireless interfaces:
root@voyage:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:b9:12:59:80
inet addr:192.168.2.2 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20d:b9ff:fe12:5980/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12609 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5981 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1821926 (1.7 MiB) TX bytes:872555 (852.1 KiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x4000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:302 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:302 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:20051 (19.5 KiB) TX bytes:20051 (19.5 KiB)
root@voyage:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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