On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 02:03:49PM +1000, Daniel X wrote:
They probably do work from the firmware-realtek package, and I say driver=nl80211 as both of those note snippets are from some notes I have for building minimal ARM Debian systems, with two cards (one of which doesn't use nl80211).
Good luck with your hunt. I'd be interested in what you find.
i ended up getting a TP-Link TL-WN821N from MSY for $16. http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-10-20-tp-link-tl-wn821n-wlan-usb-30... it worked pretty much out of the box (after i remembered to make dhcpd listen on wlan0). the kernel driver & firmware worked wihout drama, hostapd also worked once i undid the changes i made stuffing around trying to get the netcomm np902n working. dhcpd worked when i made it listen to wlan0 as well as br0 so, it's working fine. BTW, this is v3 of the device and uses the rtl8192cu driver. Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0bda:8178 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter i would have been happier with the earlier versions of the adaptor, because they have either Atheros AR-9170 or Atheros HTC chipsets and use the ath9k driver...but this is working fine. but that's the main reason i bought the TL-WN821N - linux-hardware-guide.com said that all three known versions are supported by the mainline linux kernel. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>