[SOLVED] retail plus wireless N usb adapter

[thornspear]

I have a Retail Plus wireless n usb adapter Model WL-6200c

I have the installation cd for the device, but for some reason ubuntu isn't recognizing it. I have the .inf file though. I've installed ndiswrapper, when I try and open the .inf file with it I'm getting an invalid driver error. Is there anything I have to do with the .sys file?

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:8192 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04b3:3108 IBM Corp. 800dpi Optical Mouse w/ Scroll Point
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


iwconfig:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

The usb device is plugged in, but the light on it is extinguished.

I'm new to linux, any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!


I've followed the following thread to get this far:

[ubuntu] Retail Plus Wireless N usb adapter - Ubuntu Forums

[Rubberman]

For recent Ubuntu distributions, you don't use the ndiswrapper driver. You will, however, need to find and install the firmware on the system so the builtin driver(s) can use the device.

[thornspear]

cool thanks, and how would a newbie like me go about doing this?

[Rubberman]

I'll have to check. You provided (I think) all the information needed to advise you. If any one has access to the firmware for this chip set, please post it here for thornspear. In the meantime, I'll try to find a copy for you, and verify that you don't need a different driver (not likely).

[thornspear]

Thanks for the help Rubberman! It's appreciated

[D-cat]

Actually, according to Ubuntu documentation, the 8192USB does require the ndiswrapper (at least as of 8.10). You need to make sure you're using the INF file for Win2000 or WinXP; ndiswrapper doesn't often play nice with other versions.

You can also get the OEM driver directly from Realtek .

[thornspear]

I've tried the .inf files from the realtek site with no luck, I keep getting invalid driver errors in ndiswraper. I've even tried making my own .inf file by copying and pasting from here :

Modem-Help: WNU_driver_v5.1029.zip :: Show `RTL8192U/VistaX64/net8192u.inf` Contents

Still no luck.

Can someone PLEASE help!

[Rubberman]

What version of Ubuntu are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit? Also, what version of ndiswrapper are you trying to use, and how did you install it?

[thornspear]

I'm running 32 bit version of Ubuntu 9.04. I'm using "windows wireless drivers" that I've installed using add/remove aplications. Here's the info on it:

Windows Wireless Drivers
ndisgtk is a GTK+ based frontend for ndiswrapper, allowing an easy way to install Windows wireless drivers
ndisgtk is a GTK+ based frontend for ndiswrapper, allowing an easy way to install Windows wireless drivers.

Homepage: JAK LINUX/projects/ndisgtk

Canonical provides critical updates for Windows Wireless Drivers until October 2010.

[thornspear]

input:

sudo ndiswrapper -i net8192u.inf

Output:

driver net8192u is already installed


Input:

sudo ndiswrapper -l

Output:

net8192u : invalid driver!