[Novalug] USB rtl8187 wifi kernel support

[Matt Ahrens]

The rtl8187 card I just purchased supports wpa, I'm not sure if it
supports AES/CCMP, but it did WPA PSK without a problem (in windows
xp), shouldn't be any different in linux.

Did you check the dmesg after the kernel loaded the driver?  Sometimes
that will tell you what your specific device supports.



On 5/4/08, Ed James <edjames at greenbelt.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I got the 2.6.23 kernel compiled/installed and it operates the RTL8187
> USB wifi stick okay.  However, it appears that it supports WEP, and not
> WPA.  I'm using WPA.  Research indicates that I need wpa_supplicant.
> Is this true, or has anyone here used an RTL8187 driver that supports
> WPA "natively"?  I'd just set my router to WEP, but she-who-bakes-me-
> cookies-and-stuff insists on WPA.
>
> Ed James
>
> Quoting Ed James <edjames at greenbelt.com>:
>
> > I have USB wifi device using the RTL8187 chipset.  My kernel is too old,
> ...
> > Even better question - did anyone get a USB wifi "stick" devices using
> > the rtl8187 working on their linux machine, and how did ya do it?
>
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