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Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU]

From	Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU]
Date	2020-03-04 21:20 +0100
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On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:38:00 +0100
Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> wrote:

> Quoting Charles Curley (2020-03-04 18:01:50)
> > Mar  4 09:53:22 chaffee kernel: [2078550.601134] CPU: 0 PID: 20521
> > Comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: G        W         4.19.0-8-686 #1
> > Debian 4.19.98-1 Mar  4 09:53:22 chaffee kernel: [2078550.614861]
> > Hardware name: CompuLab AMD "CM-iGLX" Geode LX/CS5536 /CM-iGLX
> > Platform, BIOS Version 5.2 09/02/2007  
> 
> Not sure, but it looks like your CPU is one of those no longer
> supported by Debian.

Well, it seem to work....

But I decided to try the adapter on a more modern machine, and got this
in my syslog:

Mar  4 12:28:50 dzur kernel: [2077971.764787] usb 1-5: new high-speed
USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Mar  4 12:28:50 dzur kernel:
[2077971.935351] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05,
idProduct=17ab, bcdDevice= 2.00 Mar  4 12:28:50 dzur kernel:
[2077971.946300] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3 Mar  4 12:28:50 dzur kernel: [2077971.957109] usb 1-5:
Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter Mar  4 12:28:50 dzur kernel:
[2077971.967889] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Realtek Mar  4 12:28:50 dzur
kernel: [2077971.978600] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001 Mar  4
12:28:50 dzur systemd[1]: Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch
Status /dev/rfkill Watch. Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077972.672174]
rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x11 Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.021735] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0 Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.036429] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1 Mar
4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077973.039258] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware
rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.048763] usb 1-5: firmware: direct-loading firmware
rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.048763] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm
'rtl_rc' Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077973.052201] usbcore:
registered new interface driver rtl8192cu Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur
systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status... Mar  4 12:28:51
dzur systemd-udevd[202969]: Using default interface naming scheme
'v243'. Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur systemd-udevd[202969]: ethtool:
autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not
writable. Mar  4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077973.173353] rtl8192cu
1-5:1.0 wlx1c872cc720d8: renamed from wlan0

That looks better.

root@dzur:~# ifconfig wlx1c872cc720d8
wlx1c872cc720d8: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 1c:87:2c:c7:20:d8  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

root@dzur:~# iwconfig
wlx1c872cc720d8  IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          
enp2s0    no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

root@dzur:~# rfkill list ; echo $?
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

0
root@dzur:~# uname -r
4.19.0-6-amd64
root@dzur:~# uname -a
Linux dzur 4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 (2019-11-11)
x86_64 GNU/Linux root@dzur:~# 

Thanks for the pointer!

The next step is to get hostapd running.

-- 
Does anybody read signatures any more?

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https://charlescurley.com/blog/

Thread

ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1)  [Realtek RTL8192CU] Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-02-28 22:00 +0100
  Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev.  B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-02-28 22:20 +0100
    Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev.  B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-03-03 22:20 +0100
  Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-03-03 22:30 +0100
    Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev.  B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-03-04 18:30 +0100
      Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2020-03-04 18:40 +0100
        Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2020-03-04 20:00 +0100
        Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev.  B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-03-04 21:20 +0100
      Re: ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 19:50 +0100

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