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| Thread ID: 145496 | 2017-11-17 19:36:00 | Ubuntu 16.04 WiFi Drop Out | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1442148 | 2017-11-19 10:25:00 | @Kame, I am pleased that someone with better knowledge has decided to help Joe. Good on you. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1442149 | 2017-11-19 15:18:00 | Joe, In a previous post I told you of a wireless-info script that would pull numerous information that would help . lshw is only the tip of the ice berg . Anyways, you should not be trying to build a driver, it can seriously ruin network manager or worse . Change TKIP to AES, TKIP been long dropped to being insecure . So pick WPA2 Personal and ensure every device uses it . Is this wireless a USB dongle? or builtin? If you do run the wireless-info script we will have more to work with . Anyways my suggestion would be to install a newer kernel, repos should be at 4 . 13, they normally have driver fixes . Why your build failed, you need to be inside the directory of the extracted file you downloaded, also you would have needed to remove the old module, blacklist it from loading before adding the other driver . It seems instructions are given for drivers that don't exist . By the way, that driver is quite common and realtek aint to bad with their releases . I wondered about that TKIP-thing, as I know my router is running WPA/WPA2 is what I set it up to run . I don't see any problems with the ALPHA unit as I now have it running on my other 'puter (desktop) with a dual-boot: Ubuntu Studio & Cinnamon . The only distro with the problem is this 'puter (Ubuntu 16 . 04) . Yes it's a USB adapter, but I don't think it qualifies as a dongle since it just sticks out of the USB slot with an antenna and it's very small body . If I could actually FIND my screenshot I just took, I'd post it here for you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I know a screenshot was taken since I heard the 'shutter click sound' and saw the screen kinda 'squint' . On the Studio distro, I have the Alpha - and YES it is a true dongle I believe . If having a USB connex on one end and a device that's three feet away on the other end with three different antennas (interchangeable, not at the same time) is called a 'dongle', then I think that's what it will be called from now on . So - 'DONGLE' clarified: ALPHA - is a dongle WSKY - is not a dongle @Kame, I am pleased that someone with better knowledge has decided to help Joe . Good on you . . . . and yet I also appreciate all the help I've had so far . Thanks to both of youse guys . Youse is the best . For both/either of youse guys: Should I fear this RealTek driver, obsolete as it might be, and just go about modifying the TKIP-thing and leave the drive alone? . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442150 | 2017-11-19 18:53:00 | Joe the issue is likely to be one inherent to Ubuntu 16.04 rather than the driver or hardware, lots of people are having similar issues it would seem from what I have read on-line. You could try switching to AES encryption, try a different network management utility, installing a newer version of Ubuntu, 17.10 is the latest, or some other distro. or perhaps Kame has a better suggestion? |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1442151 | 2017-11-21 04:42:00 | If you can download the script from here: . com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info" target="_blank">github . com we should be able to get more information on what's happening . Since it's USB, does it work in any other computer running Linux? If so, can you plug in into there and run the script there too so we can see all the apples and oranges mixed in there . The fact that it does work is a good sign, its normally harder to fix devices that aren't recognised by the computer at all . I'm also wondering if it could be interference, normally USB headsets can be used to know this because you'll hear eerie sounds through it when its suppose to be quiet . |
Kame (312) | ||
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