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| − | This page describes how to get the '''rtl8187''' wifi-driver working
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| − | Note: The rtl8187 driver is included in vanilla 2.6.23!
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| − | The rtl8187 chip is made for usb-cards/dongles
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| − | It supports 802.11(a)/b/g and the following encryptions: WEP and WPA -
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| − | At the time of this writing, I don't know if WPA2 is supported or not.
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| − | The driver's source is released under the GPL
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| − | = Installing the driver =
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| − | If you are on 2.6.23 you have to enable CONFIG_RTL8187 in your kernel-config
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| − | If you are using anything lower than 2.6.23 you can choose between the following methods
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| − | == Compiling the module from the source-code ==
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| − | No HOWTO yet
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| − | == Patch your 2.6.22 kernel ==
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| − | Note: if you are already running 2.6.23 or later this is not necessary anymore - just enable the Realtek 8187 USB support in your kernel-config
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| − | At first you have to get the kernel-sources
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| − | After that you'll need to download two patches: one for the rtl8187 driver and one for EEPROM_93CX6 (rtl8187 requires EEPROM_93CX6-support)
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| − | Save the following link as EEPROM_93CX6.patch (download it to your harddisk with wget -O EEPROM_93CX6.patch $URL):
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| − | [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=9467d64b0e88763914c01f71ddf591b166c4f526;hp=7dcca30a32aadb0520417521b0c44f42d09fe05c EEPROM_93CX6.patch]
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| − | Then save the following link as rtl8187.patch (download it to your harddisk with wget -O rtl8187.patch $URL):
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| − | [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=605bebe23bf6ac66c0a717e663a7baa2f981294d;hp=4b914dc0493edff19ff698a18198a173a14ba9d2 rtl8187.patch]
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| − | Now extract your kernel sources, cd into the kernel-source directory
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| − | and run
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| − | patch -Np1 -i $path/to/EEPROM_93CX6.patch
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| − | patch -Np1 -i $path/to/rtl8187.patch
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| − | make menuconfig
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| − | Now activate: <pre> Device Drivers ---> Misc devices ---> EEPROM 93CX6 support </pre> (I compiled it directly into the kernel with [*])
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| − | Then go to: <pre> Device Drivers ---> Network device support ---> Wireless LAN ---> Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) -> Realtek 8187 USB support </pre>
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| − | (I compiled this as module [m])
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| − | What if you can't find "Realtek 8187 USB support" in the kernel config menu?
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| − | Don't panic - make sure you activated EEPROM 93CX6 support <pre> Device Drivers ---> Misc devices ---> EEPROM 93CX6 support </pre> and the Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) <pre> Networking ---> Wireless ---> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) </pre>
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| − | Now you can save your kernel-config and start compiling
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| − | After a reboot the module rtl8187 should be available.
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| − | You can load it like this:
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| − | modprobe rtl8187
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| − | You can also add rtl8187 to the MODULES-section in your rc.conf
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| − | If you want to add rtl8187 support 'The Arch-Way' make sure to add "patch -Np1 -i ../foo.bar" to your kernel-PKGBUILD
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| − | =Using and testing the driver=
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| − | Make sure that you have loaded the rtl8187 module with
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| − | modprobe rtl8187
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| − | Then run
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| − | dmesg | grep rtl8187
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| − | You should see some output like this <pre> usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 </pre>
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| − | If you see that line everything should be OK
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| − | == Using the driver ==
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| − | If everything is right, you should have two new interfaces: wlan0 and wmaster0
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| − | If you don't see wlan0 just run
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| − | ifconfig wlan0 up
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| − | To list all available wifi-networks just run
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| − | iwlist wlan0 scan
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| − | For more information about configuring your wifi-network see here: [http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#Setup_and_Boot http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#Setup_and_Boot]
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| − | =Misc Links=
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| − | *[http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/ Project-page of the rtl-wifi driver project]
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