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fklama
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 Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject: Replacing Laptop WiFi-Card |
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Hi,
I have bought a new Laptop a few months ago. I can definitely recommend the Company (DevilTech).
I got Gentoo running without any problems. Only the WiFi-Card and the Fingerprint-Sensor do not work.
I don't care about the Fingerprint Sensor, but not having WiFi with a Laptop is annoying.
The Builtin Card is a " Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176]".
There is a staging driver in the Kernel, and it seems to detect the card, but I don't get any network interfaces.
I am now planning to buy a new WiFi-Card (Half Height MiniPCIe) and replace the current one.
Currently I am thinking about getting a "Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" since it seems to be supported.
Any suggestions of which card to get?
My Priorities are:
1. WPA/WPA2 support
2. Wireless-N
3. Injection support
So a card which can do injection would be great, but it is definitely much more important to get a fast (>100MBit) and
encrypted (WEP is not an option!) connection with my AP.  |
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fklama
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Just in case somebody is interested in what kind of machine I got:
DevilTech Fragbook DTX
- Intel i7 2720QM
- nVidia GeForce GTX 460M
- 16GB RAM
- 2x 750GB HD (7200rpm)
- FullHD 17.3" Screen
- GBit Ethernet
- 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA/USB, Firewire, SD/MS Slot, HDMI, DVI
- BluRay Drive
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Etal
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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What kernel are you using? In 3.0, at least, it's out of staging, so it should work properly:
| Code: | .config - Linux/x86_64 3.0.0 Kernel Configuration
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌───────── Realtek RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE Wireless Network Adapter ──────────┐
│ CONFIG_RTL8192CE: │
│ │
│ This is the driver for Realtek RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE 802.11n PCIe │
│ wireless network adapters. │
│ │
│ If you choose to build it as a module, it will be called rtl8192ce │
│ │
│ Symbol: RTL8192CE [=n] │
│ Type : tristate │
│ Prompt: Realtek RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE Wireless Network Adapter │
│ Defined at drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/Kconfig:1 │
│ Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && MAC80211 [=y] && \ │
│ PCI [=y] && EXPERIMENTAL [=y] │
│ Location: │
│ -> Device Drivers │
│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) │
│ -> Wireless LAN (WLAN [=y]) │
│ Selects: FW_LOADER [=y] && RTLWIFI [=n] && RTL8192C_COMMON [=n] │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────( 99%)──┤
│ < Exit > │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ |
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fklama
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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Currently I am running: 2.6.38-tuxonice-r1
And I need the Hybernation feature. The kernels own hybernation just crashes the machine... |
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dmpogo
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| fklama wrote: | Currently I am running: 2.6.38-tuxonice-r1
And I need the Hybernation feature. The kernels own hybernation just crashes the machine... |
tuxonice patches exist at least for 2.6.39 You can try to see whether 2.6.39 has working wireless driver, or whether tuxonice for 2.6.39 patches apply to 3.0 |
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Etal
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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I heard a lot of good things about Atheros cards, but unfortunately I never had a chance to use one.
My only gripe about Intel cards is that they don't allow AP hosting (I think they do do injection, but I never used it)
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