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kal888

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Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 2

Rtl8187 not working

hello, since the last major kernel update, my network interface does not work properly, I have been seeing the solutions here in the forum, but the connection is lost constantly and never work properly, so I think if I should return back versions kernel or some idea of how to make it work?

This is when I start arch

$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=off
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

so, I do:

iwconfig wlan0 txpower on
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 rate 5.5M auto

and I am from console, but as I mention, I was constantly disassociated

Last edited by kal888 (2010-05-07 21:39:36)

linux-ka

Member

From: ADL

Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 232

Re: Rtl8187 not working

I guess it is kind of wlan key, right? I had the same problem and solved it by including the kernel modul into the kernel image. ==> just add the rtl<xxx> to the list of modules in your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (remove it from your rc.conf it is not necessary after all) and recreate your kernel image.

 mkinitcpio -p kernel26

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voila, it should help...hopefully :-)

kal888

Member

Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 2

Re: Rtl8187 not working

I'm sorry, but that's don't help I think I'm gonna reinstall arch and see what happens

Last edited by kal888 (2010-05-08 20:04:35)

omax

Member

Registered: 2010-05-12

Posts: 1

Re: Rtl8187 not working

I've got exactly the same problem with my lenovo x200 Tablet:
# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

I tried all I could find on the web and it did not work out. eth0 works fine but no wlan0:

# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132

# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

There is a useful link about this problem that actually did not help:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=81930
because according to http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … 000-series I use iwl5000 for my labtop and it used to work pretty well. I had to uninstall several programs because of some other problems but after reinstalling them, wlan0 is gone.
I tried what you said  linux-ka, but it did not work out.

I don't know what it actually has to do with Rtl8187 but I just gave up on searching for a solution on the web after 2 days and decided to ask for help in here.
I appreciate if someone can help me with it so that I don't have to reinstall Archlinux.