On 10/11/2019 22:19, Dave Howorth wrote:
I've looked at some more labels on the PC. It says it has a RTL8821AE (WLAN+Bluetooth) card and a quick google indicates there were some problems with it. Does anyboy know whether those problems have been sorted out now and/or whether I need to do anything special to make sure I have the right software (driver) installed?
Not sure if this helps, I've a laptop with a dual bluetooth/wifi RTL8723DE, it's driver isn't even in the next kernel yet and although it works 100% under windows 10 in Tumbleweed it has issues with my TP-Link range extender but not with my Huawei 4G wifi device. Linux also selects the wrong antenna so I have modprobe.d file that sorts that out. I see your RTL8821AE is also present in the driver tree of my kernel module, available from https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, might find a usefull readme too. If you need it I can add the module to my build, atm I only build the rtl8723de-kmp-default driver pack. Another possible trick I use a TL-WA850RE as a range extender and to connect my pc via ethernet cable to wifi, it is also capable of acting as an AP for network from my PC if I have another router supplying the internet. You can just plug it into a switch and configure it as an AP. Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org