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pete-the-meat

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2008-08-14

Posts: 26

rtl8185 shows in iwconfig but not ifconfig

Hi

With a fresh install of the latest release of Arch on my new PC I have a rtl8185 ethernet/wireless adapter - as advised in this thread [http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51647] I am using the rtl81187 driver, or at least attempting to. My problem is that after loading the module the card shows up under iwconfig but not ifconfig. Here's what I did and the output:

pete@psilocybin:~$ lspci | grep RTL-8185
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)

pete@psilocybin:~$ modprobe rtl8187

pete@psilocybin:~$ dmesg | grep rtl8187

usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187

pete@psilocybin:~$ lsmod | grep rtl8187
rtl8187                46592  0 
mac80211              161184  2 rtl8187,rtl8180
eeprom_93cx6            3840  2 rtl8187,rtl8180
cfg80211               31760  3 rtl8187,rtl8180,mac80211
usbcore               136848  9 rtl8187,usbhid,uvcvideo,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd

pete@psilocybin~$ depmod -a

pete@psilocybin:~$ ifconfig

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

pete@psilocybin:~$ iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions

eth0      no wireless extensions

wmaster   no wireless extensions

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

I don't know what the problem is or what to do. Can anyone help?

Many thanks

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That looks like a much better way of trying to do what I was trying to do than trying to do what I was trying to do...

RobArch

Member

Registered: 2009-06-26

Posts: 1

Re: rtl8185 shows in iwconfig but not ifconfig

But, you have the wlan0 interface up????

You can do this, by command : ifconfig wlan0 up

Then, you can do comand : ifconfig wlan0

I hope this help you....

Costinio

Member

Registered: 2007-07-12

Posts: 12

Re: rtl8185 shows in iwconfig but not ifconfig

I have the same card and I get exactly the same outputs in terminal.
When I do "ifconfig wlan0 up" the terminal freezes :S
Any workarounds..?