Help with RTL8192EE PCIe

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First time posting, I hope this is the correct forum, I wasn’t sure if I should be under hardware or wireless.

This is my first time using openSUSE 42.1 Leap (KDE) and so far I really like it however an issue I have struggled with on my past two distro’s has followed me tho this one. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T540p with a RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (I will never buy a device with this adapter again) I keep losing my connection, sort of. I show that I’m connected to my wireless AP’s (tried several doesn’t matter which one I connect to) but even though I show I’m connected I have no data transfer at all. Is there something I can do to correct this issue in openSUSE?

Any help is appreciated.

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On Wed 20 Jan 2016 01:26:01 AM CST, jajsupport wrote:

First time posting, I hope this is the correct forum, I wasn’t sure if
I should be under hardware or wireless.

This is my first time using openSUSE 42.1 Leap (KDE) and so far I really
like it however an issue I have struggled with on my past two distro’s
has followed me tho this one. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T540p with a
RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (I will never buy a device with
this adapter again) I keep losing my connection, sort of. I show that
I’m connected to my wireless AP’s (tried several doesn’t matter which
one I connect to) but even though I show I’m connected I have no data
transfer at all. Is there something I can do to correct this issue in
openSUSE?

Any help is appreciated.

Hi
Try disabling the watchdog, create a file called 50-rtl8192ee.conf
in /etc/modprobe.d/ with the following contents, restart the system and
see how it goes.


options rtl8192ee disable_watchdog=1

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Thanks, I made the change and I will try it out.

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FYI, after making the change it is still losing the data and also ( I forgot to mention this before) it keeps popping up a window and asking me for the wifi password. I enter the password and it just asks me for it again and again. (yes I’m entering the right password) If I just cancel it, don’t put in a password. sometimes it will, eventually, reconnect to the AP and I get data for a while.

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On Thu 21 Jan 2016 12:36:01 AM CST, jajsupport wrote:

FYI, after making the change it is still losing the data and also ( I
forgot to mention this before) it keeps popping up a window and asking
me for the wifi password. I enter the password and it just asks me for
it again and again. (yes I’m entering the right password) If I just
cancel it, don’t put in a password. sometimes it will, eventually,
reconnect to the AP and I get data for a while.

malcolmlewis;2749851 Wrote:
> Hi
> Try disabling the watchdog, create a file called 50-rtl8192ee.conf
> in /etc/modprobe.d/ with the following contents, restart the system
> and see how it goes.
>
> >
Code:

> >
> options rtl8192ee disable_watchdog=1
>

> >

Hi
I wonder if that’s the real issue? Remove the modeprobe conf file.

I’m assuming your using NetworkManager rather than Wicked?

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I just want to be clear, you want me to remove the modprobe.conf file I created earlier? (50-rtl8192ee.conf) ? Please specify which file I should delete and it’s location.

Yes, I’m using the network manager that came with leap. Is thee a reason to use the “Wicked” one instead?

Thanks.

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Hi
Yes, the one you created 50-rtl8192ee.conf :wink:
Then as root user, run the following command as root user;


journalctl -x |grep NetworkManager

Anything in the output that catches your eye as an issue, the other thing to try is open a terminal and as root user run;


journalctl -f

Then when you observe an issue, check the terminal running the above command (-f is follow) to see if can narrow it down.

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OK, I deleted the file and ran the command. I will watch it and see what happens. Though, I’m not really sure what I’m looking for…

Thanks.

-Dave

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Hi
Anything that looks interesting :wink: A few more questions though, are you connecting to your access point at n speed, if so is it full speed or only half?

I’ve found on my router here I need to ensure it’s sideband is running at 40MHz to get full speed for the 1x1 RTL8188EE device and ensure a reliable connection.