Questions tagged [realtek]
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Cannot connect to usb-wifi dongle as Hotspot using nmcli
My setup consists of a pi5 running latest Bookworm $ uname -a Linux rpi5 6.6.31+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.31-1+rpt1 (2024-05-29) aarch64 GNU/Linux. On-board wifi is set to the usual ...
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Why TP-LINK TL-WN725 (rtl8188eu) is not working in Raspbian Buster?
Can anyone tell me why rtl8188eu is not "just working" in vanilla Raspbian Buster? I was using Raspbian Stretch until now, and all I had to do to configure wifi with my network card after flashing ...
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Install drivers for RTL8812au for raspibian kernel 4.14.79-v7+ or 4.14.79.87-v7+?
I have bought this external usb wifi antenna for my raspberry pi 3B+ that I would like to use instead the default one. I see it is based on the realtek chipset as shown in dmesg 158816.385007] usb ...
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USB Wifi adapter not working/showing up on Raspberry Pi Zero
My usb wifi adapter is not working on my raspberry pi zero. PS: Im new to Linux. The adapter is called "Realtek RLT8192EU 802.11n Network Adapter". The adapter works fine on windows 10 but not on ...
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Building drivers for rtl8811CU/rtl8821CU
I've extracted driver from cd that came with my wireless card and modified it to build on kernel versions up to 4.15. Thanks to similar drivers already patched for new kernels it was an easy task. I'...
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Problems with compiling drivers for rtl8192cu
I'm trying to use realtek 8188cu module in concurrent mode(both station and AP mode simultaneously). I downloaded the driver source files from here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/...
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RTL8188EU in Raspbian Stretch
In the latest Raspbian I found the firmware-realtek package is already installed. It should provide the drivers for RTL8188EU/EE WiFi dongles. When I insert such a dongle dmesg shows: [ 152.651026] ...
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Create WiFi Access Point with Hostapd
I would configure my Rapsberry Pi B to create a WiFi network in bridge mode (without DHCP daemon on raspberry). I followed this Guide Use Your Raspberry Pi as WiFi Bridge. My wlan adtpater is Alpa ...
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Realtek USB wifi module - RTL8188EUS is not working and also it is disconnecting LAN connection as well on Raspbian Jessie
I have Rapberri pi module. It is "Raspberry Pi 1 model B+" and it has Rapbian installed on it OS Version: Installed OS is Rapbian Jessie (2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.img) "Linux Raspberry pi 4.1.13+ #...
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Enable monitoring mode for RTL8188CUS via USB on Raspbian
I am trying to enable monitoring mode for a USB wifi dongle with the RTL8188CUS chipset on a raspberry pi model b+ (or any raspberry pi for that matter). $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8176 ...
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Why won't my RPi 2 won't connect to wifi?
I am using a raspberry Pi 2 with a Realtek wifi dongle using 8188eufw firmware downloaded from here I have run lsusb and it registered my dongle. The problem is that when I plug the dongle in it ...
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USB Wi-Fi dongle listed in lsusb, wlan0 OK in ifconfig, but no address and all RX dropped
I am currently trying to make my USB dongle work on the Pi. I have seen a lot of posts about this dongle, and I am sure it will work, but following all the posts I have found never gives me the same ...
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Realtek RTL8153 Ethernet Doesn't work on Arch Linux
I'm trying to use one of these to boost my networking speed on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. Arch Linux ARM correctly detects the USB hub, but fails to detect the Ethernet port. ifconfig does not show any ...
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R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
I got Raspberry Pi 2 as my birthday gift (woohoo), I then download: RASPBIAN (Debian Wheezy) (2015-02-16) After booting into Linux, I'm not seeing wlan0 when I issue ifconfig, I also seeing ...
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DWA-171 using 8812au.ko does not seem to work on Linux kernel version 3.18.8+
I have already tried the procedure described in (Drivers for dwa-171 wifi usb dongle) on several RPi's without success. Each attempt fails at the end of the process with "ERROR: could not insert '...