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chrisnamw

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Registered: 2012-03-25

Posts: 1

Belkin F5D8053 v. 6000 (RTL8192SU)

I have this USB wireless adaptor which works in Linux Mint, however I prefer rolling release so I want to install Arch x86-64 (2011.08.10 I think) instead. On Mint, I use the r8712u driver which I can load with modprobe on Arch. When I start the net-auto-wireless module the LED on the adaptor comes on, but it stays on whereas usually it blinks as packets are transmitted. Also, when I try to configure with iwconfig, it says wlan0 is unassociated, and dhcpcd times out trying to configure with DHCP. The wireless access point is protected with WPA-2, and I haven't entered the password anywhere, but I think the problem lies ith configuring  the adaptor rather than accessing
the router.

What can I do to get this working?

p.s. it also works on Windows but the Arch cd.doesn't have ndiswrapper so I can't use the Windows driver.

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,607

Re: Belkin F5D8053 v. 6000 (RTL8192SU)

Wait for kernel 3.4-rc1 it contains important fixes for r8712u. You can also try the lts kernel, maybe that one works too.

Edit: Ah, it seems you're using an old kernel, so the driver is probably working. So follow ewaller's advice, you need to use wpa_supplicant to connect to WPA networks. Then, note that the r8712u driver is broken in kernels 3.2 and 3.3, hence what I wrote above.

Last edited by Gusar (2012-03-25 20:46:23)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,638

Re: Belkin F5D8053 v. 6000 (RTL8192SU)

It sounds like the driver is working.  Check that with sudo iwlist scan 
If you can see your access point, you need to research wpa_supplicant.

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