On 06/19/2015 04:00 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 6/19/2015 4:42 AM, James Knott wrote:
On 06/18/2015 10:32 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 6/18/2015 7:09 PM, James Knott wrote:
I'm running 13.1 on a ThinkPad that's capable of 802.11 b, g & n. Is it possible to select a specific mode? Today, I wanted to do some testing to ensure that b & g couldn't connect into an access point configured for n only, but I had to run Windows to do it. Is there any way to do this, without having to boot into the dark side? I'm using the KDE network manager.
tnx jk
This isn't something controlled by KDE, but rather by the driver (The binary blob) that is loaded at run time to manage the wifi card.
So you need to start by telling us the name of the wifi card, the chipset manufacturer. 08:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
I think that the driver you need is the rtl8192ce, but it might also be rtl8188c or rtl8188cu depending on country.
rtl8192ce is a PCI-E driver for RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE devices. Its been supported for quite some time, and you should be able to locate it in /lib/firmware/rtlwifi and match that with what has been loaded.
(It might be listed by the lsmod command).
lsmod shows: "rtl8192ce 83832 0 rtl8192c_common 71013 1 rtl8192ce"
There is a guy working on this driver trying to improve performance. One issue is the power output may be improperly limited in the stock drivers. Limiting power can prevent 802.11N connections.
He suggested trying a different country codes in for the wifi via sudo iw reg set BO for example.
See thread https://github.com/FreedomBen/rtl8188ce-linux-driver/issues/69 See project: https://github.com/FreedomBen/rtl8188ce-linux-driver
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