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sepul

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Registered: 2014-05-06

Posts: 3

Getting wifi usb dongle DWA-123 to work

Trying to get D-Link DWA-123 wifi dongle work, but no luck so far.

$ uname -r
3.14.4-1-ARCH

$ ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:24:1d:0e:a7:31 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
11: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether c4:a8:1d:f3:cb:68 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

$ sudo iw dev wlan0 info
command failed: No such device (-19)

$ lsmod | grep 8188
r8188eu               739433  0 
usbcore               187240  6 uhci_hcd,usb_storage,r8188eu,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2001:3310 D-Link Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c318 Logitech, Inc. Illuminated Keyboard
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 09da:8090 A4 Tech Co., Ltd X-718BK Oscar Optical Gaming Mouse
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-usb
       description: Wireless interface
       product: DWA-123 11n Adapter
       vendor: Realtek
       physical id: 5
       bus info: usb@1:5
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 0.00
       serial: C4A81DF3CB68
       capabilities: usb-2.00 ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8188eu maxpower=500mA multicast=yes speed=480Mbit/s wireless=unassociated

$ dmesg | tail
[10075.540577] usbcore: deregistering interface driver r8188eu
[10075.962797] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[10076.092362] usb 1-5: reset high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
[10087.504201] r8188eu: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[10087.506818] Chip Version Info: CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_D_CUT_1T1R_RomVer(0)
[10087.569339] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8188eu
[10087.571109] R8188EU: Firmware Version 11, SubVersion 1, Signature 0x88e1
[10087.946181] MAC Address = c4:a8:1d:f3:cb:68
[10087.950594] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

Very frustrating, I have bought 3 different wifi dongles and none of them work on my PC arch or on Raspberry Arch