[SOLVED] Fedora25 Wireless LAN with Realtek chipset

JJJCR · 06-27-2017, 04:49 PM

Hello guys, does anyone has a success connecting Fedora to Wifi using a USB dongle with realtek chipset?

Thanks.

ferrari · 06-27-2017, 04:52 PM

Do you have a particular device in mind? I previously used a Realtek USB device supported by the r8188eu driver which worked as expected.

JJJCR · 06-27-2017, 05:42 PM

It's a TP-Link USB dongle, it's able to see the Wireless but unable to connect even though the password is correct.

I think it's a 4 year old USB dongle, I turned off my desktop unable to see the details.

ferrari · 06-27-2017, 06:32 PM

How are you trying to connect? Any logs (error messages)?

JJJCR · 06-27-2017, 08:32 PM

I didn't check the logs yet, I'm trying to connect via the GUI desktop. At one point it says connected but just a few seconds it goes away and if I tried to connect it just says connecting and keep asking for the password.

ardvark71 · 06-27-2017, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJJCR

I didn't check the logs yet, I'm trying to connect via the GUI desktop. At one point it says connected but just a few seconds it goes away and if I tried to connect it just says connecting and keep asking for the password.

Hi...

If you would, if possible, please connect the system to the internet using an ethernet cable and then open a terminal and run the following commands...

Code:

wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && \
chmod +x wireless-info && \
./wireless-info

Then navigate to the location of the text file the script created and post the contents (or a link to them) in your next reply. If you need to, you can save the text file to a thumb drive and then access it using Windows.

Regards...

JJJCR · 06-30-2017, 10:01 AM

Here's the log github wireless-info:

Quote:

########## wireless info START ##########

Report from: 30 Jun 2017 22:42 PHT +0800

Booted last: 30 Jun 2017 00:00 PHT +0800

Script from: 25 Mar 2017 07:04 UTC +0000

##### release ###########################

./wireless-info: line 155: lsb_release: command not found

##### kernel ############################

Linux 4.8.6-300.fc25.i686+PAE #1 SMP Tue Nov 1 12:54:54 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Parameters: ro, rhgb, quiet, LANG=en_US.UTF-8

##### desktop ###########################

GNOME

##### lspci #############################

00:0f.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Ethernet [10de:07dc] (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82ae]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth

##### lsusb #############################

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0bda:8171 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 011: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0458:0007 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

##### PCMCIA card info ##################

'pccardctl' is not installed (package "pcmciautils").

##### rfkill ############################

./wireless-info: line 192: rfkill: command not found

##### lsmod #############################

cfg80211 503808 0
rfkill 24576 3 cfg80211
r8712u 159744 0
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
wmi 16384 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau

##### interfaces ########################

sed: can't read /etc/network/interfaces: No such file or directory

##### ifconfig ##########################

enp0s15: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether <MAC address> txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 224 bytes 19488 (19.0 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 224 bytes 19488 (19.0 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlp0s4f1u4: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether <MAC address> txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

##### iwconfig ##########################

lo no wireless extensions.

enp0s15 no wireless extensions.

wlp0s4f1u4 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry

ff RTS thr

ff Fragment thr

ff
Encryption key

ff
Power Management

ff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

##### route #############################

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

##### resolv.conf #######################

grep: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory

##### network managers ##################

Installed:

NetworkManager

Running:

root 656 1 0 22:04 ? 00:00:20 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

##### NetworkManager info ###############

GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp0s4f1u4
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceWifi
GENERAL.VENDOR: Manufacturer
GENERAL.PRODUCT: 8171
GENERAL.DRIVER: r8712u
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION:
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION:
GENERAL.HWADDR: <MAC address>
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 30 (disconnected)
GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/net/wlp0s4f1u4
GENERAL.IP-IFACE:
GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no
GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: --
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-UUID: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
GENERAL.METERED: unknown
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: no
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown
CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WEP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA2: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.TKIP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.CCMP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.AP: no
WIFI-PROPERTIES.ADHOC: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.2GHZ: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.5GHZ: no
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS:

G

SSID BSSID MODE CHAN FREQ RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY ACTIVE *

##### NetworkManager.state ##############

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true

##### NetworkManager.conf ###############

[main]

[logging]

##### NetworkManager profiles ###########

##### iw reg get ########################

global
country 00: DFS-UNSET
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(2457 - 2482 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-IR
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, NO-IR
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-IR
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-IR
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, NO-IR
(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A)

##### iwlist channels ###################

lo no frequency information.

enp0s15 no frequency information.

wlp0s4f1u4 14 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
Channel 14 : 2.484 GHz

##### iwlist scan #######################

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

enp0s15 Interface doesn't support scanning.

Channel occupancy:

8 APs on Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
3 APs on Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
1 APs on Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
1 APs on Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
5 APs on Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
4 APs on Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
1 APs on Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
1 APs on Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
5 APs on Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
1 APs on Frequency:2.472 GHz (Channel 13)

wlp0s4f1u4 Scan completed :
list of found wireless over here

##### module infos ######################

[cfg80211]
filename: /lib/modules/4.8.6-300.fc25.i686+PAE/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.xz
description: wireless configuration support
license: GPL
author: Johannes Berg
depends: rfkill
intree: Y
vermagic: 4.8.6-300.fc25.i686+PAE SMP mod_unload 686
signat: PKCS#7
signer:
sig_key:
sig_hashalgo: md4
parm: ieee80211_regdom:IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code (charp)
parm: cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz

isable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band (bool)

[r8712u]
filename: /lib/modules/4.8.6-300.fc25.i686+PAE/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8712/r8712u.ko.xz
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin
author: Larry Finger
description: rtl871x wireless lan driver
license: GPL
depends:
staging: Y
intree: Y
vermagic: 4.8.6-300.fc25.i686+PAE SMP mod_unload 686
signat: PKCS#7
signer:
sig_key:
sig_hashalgo: md4
parm: wifi_test:int
parm: video_mode:int
parm: chip_version:int
parm: rfintfs:int
parm: lbkmode:int
parm: hci:int
parm: network_mode:int
parm: channel:int
parm: mp_mode:int
parm: wmm_enable:int
parm: vrtl_carrier_sense:int
parm: vcs_type:int
parm: busy_thresh:int
parm: ht_enable:int
parm: cbw40_enable:int
parm: ampdu_enable:int
parm: rf_config:int
parm: power_mgnt:int
parm: low_power:int
parm: ifname: Net interface name, wlan%d=default (string)
parm: initmac:MAC-Address, default: use FUSE (charp)

##### module parameters #################

[cfg80211]
cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz: N
ieee80211_regdom: 00

[r8712u]
ampdu_enable: 1
busy_thresh: 40
cbw40_enable: 1
channel: 1
chip_version: 2
hci: 1
ht_enable: 1
ifname: wlan%d
initmac: (null)
lbkmode: 0
low_power: 0
mp_mode: 0
network_mode: 0
power_mgnt: 0
rf_config: 1
rfintfs: 2
vcs_type: 1
video_mode: 1
vrtl_carrier_sense: 2
wifi_test: 0
wmm_enable: 0

##### /etc/modules ######################

grep: /etc/modules: No such file or directory

##### modprobe options ##################

##### rc.local ##########################

grep: /etc/rc.local: No such file or directory

##### pm-utils ##########################

##### udev rules ########################

##### dmesg #############################

[ 2243.684516] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s4f1u4: link is not ready (repeated 100 times)

########## wireless info END ############

JJJCR · 06-30-2017, 10:01 AM

any ideas how to make it work?

chipset is: rtl8188su

Thanks.

JJJCR · 07-01-2017, 05:26 AM

I can't make the Wireless work in Fedora, I Installed Elementary OS and it works fine.

ardvark71 · 07-01-2017, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJJCR

I can't make the Wireless work in Fedora, I Installed Elementary OS and it works fine.

Hi...

I'm glad you got it working with a distribution, if not Fedora. If you consider this resolved, please mark this thread as "SOLVED" by clicking on "Thread Tools" directly above your initial post. Thanks!

Regards...

JJJCR · 07-02-2017, 09:31 PM

Thanks Ardvark, it's working with ElementaryOS. The WiFi just got disconnected sometimes.

But it's working fine, I was able to update the OS already.

ardvark71 · 07-02-2017, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJJCR

Thanks Ardvark, it's working with ElementaryOS. The WiFi just got disconnected sometimes.

But it's working fine, I was able to update the OS already.

Hi...

You're welcome, glad to hear everything is working correctly now.

Regards...