HOWTO : RealTek 8192SU USB dongle (RTL8192SU) on Ubuntu 10.04
D-Link DWA-131 Nano USB Wireless N adapter (USB dongle) is using RealTek 8192SU chip. However, it does not work on Ubuntu 10.04. This chip does work on Kernel 2.6.33. That is, this chip may work on Ubuntu 10.10 or later.
The current version of RealTek 8192SU Linux driver is 0006 which is for Kernel 2.6.18 to 2.6.31 and dated 2010-03-25. However, Ubuntu 10.04 is using Kernel 2.6.32. You may encounter compile errors under Ubuntu 10.04. Don't panic, I have the solution.
Step 1 :
RealTek 8192SU driver from official site
or download it from here.
Step 2 :
Step 3 :
add "
the result looks like this :
Step 4 :
add "
locate "
The result of the first 19 lines is as the following :
Step 5 :
Step 6 :
The dongle will work now. Be keep in mind that when the Kernel is updated, you may require to re-compile the driver at Step 5.
That's all! See you.
The current version of RealTek 8192SU Linux driver is 0006 which is for Kernel 2.6.18 to 2.6.31 and dated 2010-03-25. However, Ubuntu 10.04 is using Kernel 2.6.32. You may encounter compile errors under Ubuntu 10.04. Don't panic, I have the solution.
Step 1 :
RealTek 8192SU driver from official site
or download it from here.
wget http://samiux.volospin.com/rtl8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.0006.20100226.zipStep 2 :
sudo apt-get install unzipunzip rtl8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.0006.20100226.zipcd rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.0006.20100226/drivertar -xvzf rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.0006.20100226.tar.gzcd rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.0006.20100226Step 3 :
cd includenano osdep_service.hadd "
#include " to the file "osdep_service.h"the result looks like this :
#ifndef __OSDEP_SERVICE_H_
#define __OSDEP_SERVICE_H_#include
#include
#include
//#include
......
Step 4 :
cd ..nano Makefileadd "
nullstring :=" under "export TOPDIR := $(PWD)"locate "
ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILT_IN), y)" and make changes to this ifeq block. The result looks like this :ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILT_IN), y)
include $(src)/config
else
ifeq ($(TOPDIR), $(nullstring))
include config
else
include $(TOPDIR)/config
endif
endifThe result of the first 19 lines is as the following :
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -O1 -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-label -W$
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I$(src)/include -Wno-unused -Wno-unused-functionCONFIG_BUILT_IN = nexport TOPDIR := $(PWD)
nullstring :=ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILT_IN), y)
include $(src)/config
else
ifeq ($(TOPDIR), $(nullstring))
include config
else
include $(TOPDIR)/config
endif
endififeq ($(CONFIG_RTL8711), y)Step 5 :
make clean
make
sudo make installStep 6 :
sudo modprobe 8712u
echo "8712u" | sudo tee -a /etc/modulesThe dongle will work now. Be keep in mind that when the Kernel is updated, you may require to re-compile the driver at Step 5.
That's all! See you.