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Old 10-26-2011, 08:03 PM   #1
couf
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Realtek 8185 wireless card - will it work?


I have a desktop I'm about to convert to Linux soon enough and it only has access to the internet via a wireless card, and this is the card that is in it. Does the current version of the kernel support it or am I going to have to burn a CD off the Win7 box downstairs and install the drivers manually? Would it be easier just to buy a new card? It is a relatively old card, I believe it was put in this computer around 2008 or 2009.

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Old 10-26-2011, 08:10 PM   #2
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There is an rtl8180 driver with Kernel 3.0.0 that claims to support 8185. I've not tried it myself. Looks like it's been in kernel mainline since 2.6.25.
 
  


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