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gromlok

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Registered: 2010-04-19

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tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Network interfaces are created by the kernel when the correct driver for the installed hardware is loaded. Most wireless device drivers provided by the kernel package create a wlan0 interface - a small number still use eth0. Drivers that are not provided by the kernel, such as the 8192se that you are trying to use, will create whatever their developer(s) decide to use, as they are not subject to kernel coding standards.

You need to install the correct driver for your hardware - only then will you see a usable wireless interface, as identified by iwconfig. wicd, netcfg, or any other network management utility will remain unusable until that interface is available.

bangkok_manouel

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Registered: 2005-02-07

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I know this is not what you expect as a reply but anyway... I recently bought a very nice machine which is a Thinkpad x201i (the cheap version of the x201), great build quality, affordable price, perfect size and enough processing power. The problem is that it came with a realtek 8192se wireless card. It's everywhere on the internet: the driver sucks and it's only supplied by the vendor (so not in kernel tree, not even in staging). it costed me few bucks and 20 minutes of my time to replace it with an intel centrino advanced 6200N, I guess the Intel Centrino-N 1000 is even cheaper (saw it at less than USD15 on amazon). You'll get in-tree kernel drivers, injection support and all that fun stuff... I was happy to pay the extra money just thinking about the endless frustration I would have gotten with the realtek card. Not that compiling a driver makes me scared, but using a crappy driver is a pain.
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gromlok

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