lunedì 6 dicembre 2010

OpenSuse 11.2, Realtek RTL8192SU (Medley 3 MKV USB WiFi N Dongle ) HowTo

I have recently bought a media player/recorder, 4Geek Medley3 Mkv.
The medley's box comprises a wireless "N" USB dongle which uses a Realtek RTL8192SU chip.

I have thought about using it with my Linux desktop PC as well but dmesg complains about lacking firmwares; Linux looks into /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/  for a file named rtl8192sfw.bin .
 
My configuration
  • OpenSuse 11.2
  • KDE
  • Network is managed by NetworkManager



Procedure

  1. Download the Realtek RTL8192SE Linux's driver (RTL8192SE is not a typo) from Realtek site ;the file's name resembles rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0018.1025.2010
  2. Extract files from the archive, the file you are looking for is located into /rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0018.1025.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE subfolder
  3. Using the Linux's shell, go superuser (root password is needed): su
  4. Create the lacking folder: mkdir /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/
  5. Copy the lacking file(from the archive's root): cp /rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0018.1025.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin
  6. Your PC is now able to use the RTL8192SU, connect the USB stick with your PC
  7. NetworkManager may add the new WiFi adapter to the tray's menu 
  8. Have fun ;-)

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