How to get my Asus PCE-N15 wireless adapter to work on 13.10
I downloaded and compile the drivers from https://github.com/FreedomBen/rtl8188ce-linux-driver . I followed the instructions in the README.md file coming with this repository.
Before I started altering anything, I have the following output from lsmod | grep ^rtl
rtl8192ce 53550 0 rtl_pci 26641 1 rtl8192ce rtlwifi 63229 2 rtl_pci,rtl8192ce rtl8192c_common 48877 1 rtl8192ce After following the instructions (i.e. also editing /etc/modules/ and rebooting), I cannot seem to add any off the other modules.
root@bernhard-desktop:/home/bernhard# lsmod | grep ^rtl rtl8192ce 137725 0 rtlwifi 110108 1 rtl8192ce root@bernhard-desktop:/home/bernhard# modprobe rtl_pci FATAL: Module rtl_pci not found. root@bernhard-desktop:/home/bernhard# modprobe rtl_8192c_common FATAL: Module rtl_8192c_common not found. When rebooting, after a little while, I get a notification that tells me that I am connect to my Wifi-network. However, when I try to open a web-page or make an ssh-connection, I do not get any information transfered, which is not a problem for my wired connection.
Proof of the above statements is as follows
root@desktop# nmcli d DEVICE TYPE STATE wlan0 802-11-wireless connected eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable root@desktop# ping -c2 4.2.2.2 PING 4.2.2.2 (4.2.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data. --- 4.2.2.2 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1007ms My question is the following: What am I overlooking, or doing wrong, and how can I fix this issue and connect to the internet by wifi, using my Asus adapter?
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[SOLVED] Asus PCE-N15 not working in 17.1
Post by DagonXB49 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:32 pm
I have spent the last 3 days trying to get my new wifi card to work — I’ve shouted at it, sworn at it, threatened to throw it in the bin, but to no avail. It’s an Asus PCE-N15 which I believe is a Realtek chipset, and I’m running Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca. Googling around and searching the forums there seem to be plenty of others having problems with this card/chipset. As a Linux n00b I’ve tried to implement many of the suggestions that I’ve read (e.g. using ndiswrapper to install the XP drivers, trying and failing to compile the Linux drivers from the cd and the Asus website) but I fear I’ve simply made the problem worse and turned the config into a shambles.
I’m at work at the moment (ssh don’t tell them I’m on the interwebs!) but as soon as I can I’ll try some diagnostic commands and post the outputs — any suggestions what to run to get the relevant info? I recall something like lspci to list pci devices, and people banging on about modprobe.
Other info that may be relevant — my router is old so it’s 802.11g there’s no n speed. I have a USB dongle that works (my old and trusty Sweex LW053) but I have to use a USB extension trailed across the floor and down the stairs to get reception hence wanting a pci card. Oh and I’ve tried changing the router channel from Auto to 11 but it made no difference.
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Re: Asus PCE-N15 not working in 17.1
Post by DagonXB49 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:45 pm
OK I’m back from work, here’s some info:
user1@Media-Server ~ $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01) 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) user1@Media-Server ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py [sudo] password for user1: ------------------------- * I. scanning WIFI PCI devices. -- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) ==> PCI (rev 01) ------------------------- * II. querying ndiswrapper. net8192ce : driver installed device (10EC:8178) present (alternate driver: rtl8192ce) ------------------------- * III. querying iwconfig. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"O2wireless3DD8BE" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:90:D0:F2:CB:51 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:219 Missed beacon:0 lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ------------------------- * IV. querying ifconfig. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:8f:ea:7a:ca UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:1445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:289345 (289.3 KB) TX bytes:289345 (289.3 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:0a:0f:62:5f inet addr:192.168.1.67 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::216:aff:fe0f:625f/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4781 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4829 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3991842 (3.9 MB) TX bytes:780005 (780.0 KB) ------------------------- * V. querying DHCP. RTNETLINK answers: File exists ------------------------- * VI. querying nslookup google.com. Server: 192.168.1.254 Address: 192.168.1.254#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.com Address: 216.58.209.238 Name: google.com Address: 216.58.209.224 I’m guessing that wlan0 is the Sweex USB dongle that I’m currently using to connect to the internet.
If there’s any other info that would be useful just let me know.
Over to the experts, ie you lot out there — help! Please bear in mind I have no real clue what I’m doing.
Re: Asus PCE-N15 not working in 17.1
Post by JeremyB » Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:25 pm
DagonXB49 wrote: OK I’m back from work, here’s some info:
user1@Media-Server ~ $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01) 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) user1@Media-Server ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py [sudo] password for user1: ------------------------- * I. scanning WIFI PCI devices. -- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) ==> PCI (rev 01) ------------------------- * II. querying ndiswrapper. net8192ce : driver installed device (10EC:8178) present (alternate driver: rtl8192ce) ------------------------- * III. querying iwconfig. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"O2wireless3DD8BE" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:90:D0:F2:CB:51 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:219 Missed beacon:0 lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ------------------------- * IV. querying ifconfig. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:8f:ea:7a:ca UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:1445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:289345 (289.3 KB) TX bytes:289345 (289.3 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:0a:0f:62:5f inet addr:192.168.1.67 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::216:aff:fe0f:625f/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4781 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4829 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3991842 (3.9 MB) TX bytes:780005 (780.0 KB) ------------------------- * V. querying DHCP. RTNETLINK answers: File exists ------------------------- * VI. querying nslookup google.com. Server: 192.168.1.254 Address: 192.168.1.254#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.com Address: 216.58.209.238 Name: google.com Address: 216.58.209.224 I’m guessing that wlan0 is the Sweex USB dongle that I’m currently using to connect to the internet.
If there’s any other info that would be useful just let me know.
Over to the experts, ie you lot out there — help! Please bear in mind I have no real clue what I’m doing.