Realtek 8188Ce-Vau 8188Cus 8188Ru 8192Cu

[DkSoul]

Hello everyone,

I got one of those tiny usb wireless adapters with a Realtek 8188Cus chipset inside, and ported the kernel module to CAANOO.
In order to get it to work I had to disable the 802.11n capabilities, so the maximum link speed is only 54Mb.
It's available here and it should work with any of the following Realtek chipsets: 8188Ce-Vau, 8188Cus, 8188Ru and 8192Cu.

Enjoy!

 

[kayuz]

thanks, it will be useful for who not have the official dongle

 

[ruffnutts]

Will it work with Realtek RTL-8188SU chip?

 

[DkSoul]

Will it work with Realtek RTL-8188SU chip?

For that chipset try this kernel module: http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/57578-driver-for-realtek-wifi-dongle/

 

[ruffnutts]

yeah I think I did - its no probs for me as I use a Buffalo Ultra Compact WLI-UC-GNM Wifi Adapter that works with stock firmware 1.6.0 and above, but I do have a nano dongle with a rtl-8188su chip set..
..

 

[Luo=-_]

Edit: my Edup have 8192CU chipset... I extract the files on apps, start wifi.gpe but, don't work...

Anyone can help me setting it up??

Luo=-_

 

[DkSoul]

Edit: my Edup have 8192CU chipset... I extract the files on apps, start wifi.gpe but, don't work...

Anyone can help me setting it up??

Luo=-_

You have to edit the wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf to match your network configuration (see some examples here).
I have been testing the 1.6.1 firmware, and it seems that /usr/gp2x/gp2xmenu program unloads the hcd9032.ko modules which disables the wifi adapter.

 

[DkSoul]

Edit: my Edup have 8192CU chipset... I extract the files on apps, start wifi.gpe but, don't work...

Anyone can help me setting it up??

Luo=-_

You have to edit the wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf to match your network configuration (see some examples here).
I have been testing the 1.6.1 firmware, and it seems that /usr/gp2x/gp2xmenu program unloads the hcd9032.ko module which disables the wifi adapter.

For the 1.6.1 firmware you'll need to edit /mnt/ubifs/usr/gp2x/common.ini and add the following to the end of the file:

[usbhost]
enable = 1

 

[Luo=-_]

Hehehe... this configs is like chinese to me... :lol:
I try some of them but, always Caanoo freezes... The common.ini is ok but, the configs is wrong to me...i think...

Anyway, thx DKSoul!

Luo=-_

 

[DkSoul]

Hehehe... this configs is like chinese to me... :lol:
I try some of them but, always Caanoo freezes... The common.ini is ok but, the configs is wrong to me...i think...

Anyway, thx DKSoul!

Luo=-_

Your CAANOO is not frozen, it's waiting for the bash script to finish (the script is trying connect to your router and get an IP address)
What is the encryption type that you have setup on your router? You have some more examples for wpa_supplicant.conf here.

EDIT: The wpa_supplicant.conf included in the package is configured for WPA2-Personal with AES.

 

[Luo=-_]

Thx again DK! My router uses WEP encryption.

Luo=-_

 

[DkSoul]

Thx again DK! My router uses WEP encryption.

Luo=-_

For WEP you can try one of the following (taken from here):

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel

network={
	ssid="enter_ssid_here"
	key_mgmt=NONE
	wep_key0=ABCDE12345
	wep_tx_keyidx=0
}

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel

network={
	ssid="enter_ssid_here"
	key_mgmt=NONE
	wep_key0=ABCDE12345
	wep_tx_keyidx=0
	auth_alg=SHARED
}

Don't forget to change the ssid and wep_key0 with yout network name and password.

PS: WEP is not safe, you should consider using WPA or WPA2

 

[Luo=-_]

DK! Now it's all ok!
My encript is WPA-SPK! Not WEP...

I try this config and works with firmware 1.6.1 and Edup wifi adaptor chipset 8192CU:

network={
ssid="second ssid"
scan_ssid=1
psk="very secret passphrase"
priority=2
}

THANK YOU MAN!!!! I'M VERY HAPPY!

Luo=-_

 

[DkSoul]

DK! Now it's all ok!
My encript is WPA-SPK! Not WEP...

I try this config and works with firmware 1.6.1 and Edup wifi adaptor chipset 8192CU:

network={
ssid="second ssid"
scan_ssid=1
psk="very secret passphrase"
priority=2
}

THANK YOU MAN!!!! I'M VERY HAPPY!

Luo=-_

Glad to hear that!!

PS: You can remove the "priority" line (to keep it more simple). It is only used when you have multiple "network" configuration blocks (it's used to define in which order wpa_supplicant tries to connect to each one of those networks).

 

[Luo=-_]

hehe...ok...I'll gonna take out the priority line...

Interesting connection with Links browser but it is clear that the Caanoo need a more advanced browser. I had to save a html link to be able to open some sites. I don't have a spare usb keyboard...

Do you recommend any other program or game that uses the online environment?

Thx!

Luo=-_

 

[ruffnutts]

I have a spare EDUP nano adapter might try this when I´m back from my holidays

 

[DkSoul]

hehe...ok...I'll gonna take out the priority line...

Interesting connection with Links browser but it is clear that the Caanoo need a more advanced browser. I had to save a html link to be able to open some sites. I don't have a spare usb keyboard...

Do you recommend any other program or game that uses the online environment?

Thx!

Luo=-_

Right now, I'm just using the wireless to avoid the USB cable
But I'm sure that there are some games that support network play.

I have a spare EDUP nano adapter might try this when I´m back from my holidays

If it has one of the supported chipsets, it should work

 

[charger1369]

okay i know absolutley nothing about any of this stuff, but i would like to have wifi on my caanoo, so i can try and figure this out. starting from the begining, what do i do with the downloaded and unzipped file. do i just take the contents of the bin file and put it in the apps section of my caanoo, or do i do something with the src folder?

 

[charger1369]

okay i know absolutley nothing about any of this stuff, but i would like to have wifi on my caanoo, so i can try and figure this out. starting from the begining, what do i do with the downloaded and unzipped file. do i just take the contents of the bin file and put it in the apps section of my caanoo, or do i do something with the src folder?


i am also a little fogy about how to use teh forrumz so i apologizze if i get the reply thigy wrong.

 

[charger1369]

and what would i do if i had wpa-psk