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Re: WIFI REALTEK RLT8187B
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Phil Perry <[log in to unmask]>
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Phil Perry <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:46:08 +0000
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On 01/12/2010 12:38 PM, feddds wrote:
> Hi everybody.
>
> Just ran SL 5.4 livecd on my wife laptop (a domestic brand named
> BANGHO here in Argentina) and did not detect its wifi card. Did not
> even appear using lspci command.
> I went to Windows and found this card.
> Is there a linux driver that I can use? or directly go for ndiswrapper?
> Googling found this: http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Installing
> Maybe in Dag repo could see any rlt8187b package.
>
> Report soon.
> Feddds.
>

There is no native support for Realtek 8187B in RHEL/SL because the 
Linux 8187B driver requires the newer mac80211 stack (so you also won't 
find support in 3rd party repositories either).

I would guess your best course of action would be to try with the 
Windows driver and ndiswrapper.

Regards,

Phil

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