How to install wireless driver on Ubuntu9.10

re-marked from

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T400

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRealTek#PCI

 

 

1. Indentification

My laptop is Thinkpad SL410k, on Windows 7 it displays

ThinkPad 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter

You can indentify the device by using the following commands:

# lspci -vv

       03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)

# lshw -C network

 

It is Realtek chipset

• Rtl8192SE

 11b/g/n Wireless Lan Mini-PCI Express Adapter II



 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)

See http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_11b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini-PCI_Express_Adapter_II for more details.

 

 

2. Install driver

 

We have two options to make the chip work on Unbuntu

 

2.1

Realtek r8192se_pci Driver

Finally came the expected driver (alpha? beta?), I think it's premature but it works perfectly.

Here the driver (r8192se_pci):

 32 bits: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33927923/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009.tar.gz






 64 bits: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34090326/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009_64bit.tar.gz

untar; make; make install; reboot and enjoy it

 

Here if you got an error "No rule to make target `kernel/bounds.c', needed by `kernel/bounds.s'"

please try with

# apt-get install linux-source

 

to get the souce.

 

you can test it with:

• netcfg
• standar commands:

 ifconfig wlan0 up



 iwlist wlan0 scan



 iwconfig wlan0 essid MySsid



 wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf



 dhcpcd wlan0



2.2

Below is another option which is to use the Windows driver under Unbuntu system throught the linux tool Ndiswrapper 

Ndiswrapper option: If you have a 32-bit version of arch, it should be possible to get it working with ndiswrapper:

• Download this .exe file: http://www.station-drivers.com/telechargement/realtek/wifi/rtl-8191se_1080.7.0520%28www.station-drivers.com%29.exe
• Install the extra/p7zip package and use the included utility 7z to extract the contents of the .exe:

 7z x rtl-8191se_1080.7.0520(www.station-drivers.com).exe

• Copy the files net8192se.inf and rtl8192se.sys from the 91_92_SE_Driver/Win2K directory to a location of your choosing.
• Proceed with the normal ndiswrapper installation procedure .

Unfortunately, if you are running a 64-bit version of arch then it seems you are out of luck currently; the WinX64 drivers included in the above package do not work.

For more information, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1182457 and http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=Special_Interest_Linux&message.id=1196 .