I was wondering if anyone has had any luck using a USB Wifi dongle with a RTL8188CUS chipset ? It seems to be detected as a Ethernet device instead of a wireless device ?
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6254 Alcor Micro Corp. USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
dmesg
[ 4.020000] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-platform
[ 4.200000] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=7392, idProduct=7811
[ 4.200000] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 4.210000] usb 1-1.1: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
[ 4.210000] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 4.210000] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
lsmod
mac80211 345889 2 ath9k,rtl8187
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:A2:DA:F2:12:95
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)
Interrupt:5
I really don't know - I think the eth0 and eth1 is unrelated to my issue with the USB Dongle. I have removed the USB Dongle and rebooted, eth0 is missing from ifconfig, but still preset using ip.
I think the kernel for the YUN is compiled without the driver for the RTL8188CUS
ip link sh
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether 90:a2:da:f2:12:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether 90:a2:da:fa:12:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT qlen 1000
link/ether 90:a2:da:f2:12:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Gregg:
I think the kernel for the YUN is compiled without the driver for the RTL8188CUS
That would make sense. There isn't unlimited room for a 100% complete OpenWRT distribution, so some things need to be cut out. Since there is built-in WiFi, drivers for other wireless interfaces would be a good candidate to cut -- few people will be adding a second WiFi interface via USB.
Current YunOS kernel 3.3.8 does not support "RTL8192CU/RTL8188CUS/RTL8188RU" from Realtek.
However trunk kernel supports them fine.
Current YunOS kernel supports USB Wi-Fi Adapters:
kmod-rt2500-usb - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - Ralink Drivers for RT2x00 cards (RT2500 USB)
kmod-rt2800-usb - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - Ralink Drivers for RT2x00 cards (RT2870 USB)
kmod-rt2x00-usb - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - Ralink Drivers for RT2x00 cards (USB)
kmod-rt73-usb - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - Ralink Drivers for RT2x00 cards (RT73 USB)
kmod-rtl8187 - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - Realtek Drivers for RTL818x devices (RTL8187 USB)
kmod-ath - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - This module contains some common parts needed by Atheros Wireless drivers.
kmod-ath9k - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - This module adds support for wireless adapters based on Atheros IEEE 802.11n AR5008 and AR9001 family of chipsets.
kmod-ath9k-common - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - Atheros 802.11n wireless devices (common code for ath9k and ath9k_htc)
kmod-ath9k-htc - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - This module adds support for wireless adapters based on Atheros USB AR9271 and AR7010 family of chipsets.
kmod-carl9170 - 3.3.8+2014-05-22-1 - Driver for Atheros AR9170 USB sticks
Hey,
I'm actually interested too in having support for "RTL8192CU/RTL8188CUS/RTL8188RU" from Realtek, but by checking the link: Arduino Yun Wifi Hotspot with Ralink RT5370 - Arduino Yún - Arduino Forum I couldn't figure out well in which point this is referring to the installation of the trunk kernel for the Yun.
Can you please clarify?
I tried googling but with no much luck.