D-Link DWA-132

Hi,

Good day to all.

I’m a newbie for linux platform but I managed to install SLED 11 SP1 on HP Compaq Business dc7600. Also, I’m using D-Link DWA-132 to connect to my wifi. However, I’m unable to configure the usb dongle to work in SLED 11 SP1. The chipset of the device is RTL8192CU. I have tried search in Google but it just makes me more confuse. Appreciate if any Guru’s out there can guide me on this.

Thank you.

On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 05:16:01 +0000, sugumaran2421 wrote:

> SLED 11 SP1

You’ll want the forums at http://forums.suse.com then rather than these -
SLED11 is based on an older version of openSUSE, but it’s a separate
distribution from openSUSE as well, so there are going to be some
differences.

Jim


Jim Henderson
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Hi Jim,

Thank you for the reply. I have checked the forums but nothing seems to closer to what i’m looking for.

Any suggestion.?

He’s suggesting that you post there for support. :slight_smile:

Install the kernel-default-extra package (includes the 8192cu driver). Also make sure you have the kernel-firmware package installed.

You should upgrade to SLED 11 Service Pack 3, mainly because of the newer kernel and the drivers included.

Gentleman, this is NOT the SLES/SLED forum. Please go for SLES/SLED questions and answers to the appropriate forum at https://forums.suse.com/ as was suggested earlier.

I’m going to help him anyway, if you feel a need to lock the thread then do so.

Hi deano_ferrari,

Thank you.

Hi Miuku,

Thanks for the reply.

Can i do the below from Yast -->Software Installer or need to execute any command in Gnome Terminal. Learning the ropes here …:slight_smile:

Install the kernel-default-extra package
kernel-firmware package installed

Thanks.

Hi Administrator,

Sorry to cause stir here, just want to get some help to resolve my issue.

Thank you.

IMHO it would be better to help him when he re-post in the correct forum. Then all SLES/SLED users could learn from it. That opportunity is lost now :frowning:

On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:56:01 +0000, sugumaran2421 wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> Thank you for the reply. I have checked the forums but nothing seems to
> closer to what i’m looking for.
>
> Any suggestion.?

That’s where you’ll want to ask your question. :slight_smile:

Jim

Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

It actually is the first hit on Google right now if you Google for SLED and DWA-132 :slight_smile:

Hi Jim,

Good day to you.

I’m trying to post my question on following link but I couldn’t locate button or tab to start a new thread.

http://forums.suse.com

I even have send message to the site Admin about this but haven’t receive any reply yet.

Thank you.

Navigate a bit further to one of the sub-forums eg

https://forums.suse.com/forumdisplay.php?14-SLED-Networking

then click on ‘Post New Thread’

Hi Jim.

Thank you, I have posted my question at the provided link.

Hi Guys,

I manage to resolve the issue and it took me about a week. The good part is I’m not sure if I did it correctly.

Below are the steps

  1. Clean install SLED 11 SP3

  2. Install ‘kernel-source’ and ‘gcc’ from ‘Install/Remove Software’. Requiring root password

  3. Download ‘RTL8188C_8192C_USB_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911.zip’ from Realtek site.

  4. Extract the file in same folder, just right click on the folder and choose extract here.

  5. blacklist as per below in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and in /etc/modprobe.conf

    blacklist rtl8192cu
    blacklist rtl8192c-common
    blacklist rtlwifi

  6. To open blacklist. I did this gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist in Gnome terminal

  7. To open modprobe.conf, I did this gedit /etc/modprobe.conf in Gnome terminal and off the driver as per below

alias driver-rtl8192cu off.

  1. Then move to driver folder. CD /Downloads/RTL8188C_8192C_USB_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911
  2. Then did this sh install.sh and reboot the machine.
  3. Once rebooted, the device is detected and able to connect and access internet.