Realtek RTL8187B Driver for OpenSuSE?

willyum · #1 (**permalink**) 26-Oct-2008, 13:05

I've installed OpenSuSE 11.0, everything has been great, except for the networking. I found out I didn't install a network card driver. My wireless is RTL8187B, but I can't find a driver for Linux. How do I get it? Thanks!

lwfinger · #2 (**permalink**) 26-Oct-2008, 19:56

willyum wrote:
> I've installed OpenSuSE 11.0, everything has been great, except for the
> networking. I found out I didn't install a network card driver. My
> wireless is RTL8187B, but I can't find a driver for Linux. How do I get
> it? Thanks!

That driver was put in the kernel in 2.6.27. You can either implement that
kernel version, or you can use compat-wireless. I'll leave the details as homework.

Larry

vspunn · #3 (**permalink**) 27-Oct-2008, 02:03

And how to get and setup this kernel, please suggest.

lwfinger · #4 (**permalink**) 27-Oct-2008, 11:44

vspunn wrote:
> And how to get and setup this kernel, please suggest.

Read the back postings in this forum or use Google. FWIW, the compat-wireless
package will be easier.

Larry

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