Re: Installing USB Wifi (Asus N10)

[Dale Schaafsma]

I tried to use an N10 also...fell all the way back to trying it on my laptop with Ubuntu 12.04.2 and it didn't work so I returned it presuming it was DOA. When I say it didn't work, I mean it didn't reliably show up in lsusb on the laptop...typically I had to issue the lsusb just after it was inserted as it seemed to power-off after failing the firmware download. Also it wholeheartedly failed to work  in a WinXP environment despite using the CD for drivers.

These are my notes (quite incomplete, but may contain a useful pointer for you) as I tried to get rtl8712u.bin:

- I found that everything seems to indirectly indicate that this 8188su device is supposed to use a "8172 driver"

- http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x

  This was probably the single most useful link...it gives info on Debian/Wheezy for rPi, but the key was noting where the .bin should go and how to get it.

- opkg stuff via a tutorial on adafruit's learning page (http://learn.adafruit.com/beaglebone/wifi)

  I'm guessing you're already past this, but perhaps it'll be useful for someone:

    # find/install the linux drivers for RealTek (rtl) network stuff

    opkg update

    opkg list linux-firmware-rt*

    # this may be updated..might want to look at <http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x> if package below is not found

    opkg install linux-firmware-rtl8192su

- another BBW user's blog on getting things to work

  This indicated a need to cross compile the driver.

  http://yetanotherhackersblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/streaming-uvc-webcam-video-over-802-11n-with-a-beagleboard/

As my N10 device didn't even work on a laptop reliably I bailed...might end up in the same boat though as I ordered an adapter through adafruit which uses the same RealTek device, but I'm crossing my fingers.

-Dale

On Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:11:10 AM UTC-5, Peter Lanius wrote:

I tried to install a Asus N10 wireless USB dongle (connected via Belkin USB powered hub), but have not been able to get the driver to install, even though I have seen in this group that others have managed to install the driver (r8712u). opkg reports that kernel-module-rtlwifi is installed and up to date. I am using the May 8 production image.

lsusb reports:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0b05:1786 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N10 802.11n Network Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]

dmesg reports:

[   10.427975] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.

[   10.504844] r8712u 1-1.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface

[   10.504874] r8712u 1-1.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id

[   10.504892] r8712u: Staging version

[   10.504982] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops

[   10.504996] r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints

[   10.531248] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK

[   10.961301] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0010

[   10.961324] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = bc:ae:c5:7f:fa:36

[   10.961334] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"

[   10.963674] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u

[   11.305285] r8712u: Firmware request failed

It would appear that the firmware can't be located? Where is rtl8712u.bin located?

Thanks

Peter

[Peter Lanius]

I should mention that the r8712u module does appear to get loaded:

root@beaglebone:~# lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

rndis_wlan             20100  0

rndis_host              5297  1 rndis_wlan

cfg80211               166410  1 rndis_wlan

r8712u                  124711  0

g_multi                  55905  0

libcomposite          15228  1 g_multi

yet ifconfig shows no wlan0 present.

Also, I used the same dongle successfully on my RPi, so I know the dongle works.