Trendnet TEW-643PI

K3fka · 2013-05-09 01:22:32

Hi, I just bought a new wireless network card today, the Trendnet TEW-643PI. I got it working in Windows 7 with minimal trouble, but I can't get it working in Arch.

When I run iwconfig, the interface is listed as having "no wireless extensions."

Running lspci gives me this:

 05:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8190 802.11n Wireless LAN

So where do I go from here?

ewaller · 2013-05-09 01:42:32

Could you please run that again as lspci -nn (that is two n's, not m)
Also, could you pastebin the output of dmesg and provide a link? (wgetpaste is a good tool for that)

K3fka · 2013-05-09 13:35:51

Thanks for responding.
Alright, here is the output of lspci -nn.

And here is the dmesg output.

Also, I should probably note that I am just running the environment from the live usb, so I don't have X or anything up and running, just the good ol' ttys.

ewaller · 2013-05-09 15:25:43

Can you please see if the module r8192e_pci is loaded into the kernel? lsmod | grep 8192
If is not there, what happens if you try a # modprobe r8192_pci ?? If that is silent, does a wireless NIC appear? Does it add anything interesting to the end of dmesg output?

K3fka · 2013-05-10 03:11:30

Okay, so the module was not loaded, according to lsmod. I loaded it with modprobe, and there was no output. iwconfig still says there's no wireless extension of the interface.

Here is the dmesg output after the modprobe.

Arch Linux

#1 2013-05-09 01:22:32

Trendnet TEW-643PI

#2 2013-05-09 01:42:32

Re: Trendnet TEW-643PI

#3 2013-05-09 13:35:51

Re: Trendnet TEW-643PI

#4 2013-05-09 15:25:43

Re: Trendnet TEW-643PI

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Re: Trendnet TEW-643PI

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