RTL8187 Not working.

[zukothoth]

I have had this problem before on Linux Mint 8, and now I have a little more progress. I have installed the driver that I need using ndiswrapper and it says hardware present, but still cannot figure out how to get connected to the internet on it. I have no problems at all in Windows. I have entered in IP address manually and tried automatic as well, and nothing is working. I have no security setup on the router either, is there a way I can get it to scan for a connection or do I have to set it up in the Network Connections menu?

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zukothoth@zukothoth-desktop ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for zukothoth: 
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
netrtuw : driver installed
	device (0BDA:8187) present (alternate driver: rtl8187)
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:d8:43:de:25  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0xc800 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:4080 (4.0 KB)  TX bytes:4080 (4.0 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3
Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:11:d8:43:de:25
Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:11:d8:43:de:25
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

zukothoth@zukothoth-desktop ~ $ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:0289 Microsoft Corp. Xbox Controller S
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0288 Microsoft Corp. Xbox Controller S Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[zukothoth]

These forums, since day one, have been completely unhelpful and very unsatisfactory. I am very disappointed that just about everyone else has their questions answered and I am left hanging without even one single response. I have dug through thick and thin in these forums and on google, and tried my ass off to get this darn thing to work, and got no where.

[euthypro]

Sometimes no one replies because they don't know the answer to your problem. I'm not a wireless guru, but I am now on a Gateway laptop with RTL8187. Are you on Mint 9 now? I don't need to use ndiswrapper on Mint 9. WIreless works perfectly now, but it was a pain on Mint 2 and Mint 7. (I never tried Mint 8.) The only driver that worked with ndiswrapper was the one for Win 98, and even after blacklisting anything I could and following every remedy offered, I had to open terminal after every boot-up and load ndiswrapper. (sudo modprobe ndiswrapper) Didn't bother me much because this was my wife's laptop and she ran XP. Only had MInt dual booting as a backup system. Hope this helps, and you find a solution.

Angel

[zukothoth]

Well, thank you for the reply. I am not using the RTL8187 anymore because my sister's kids broke it off in my USB port. I just purchased a D-link Rangebooster with Atheros 8200 chipset, hopefully I can get this to work "out of the box".

[tdockery97]

I hope it worked for you. If so, please edit your topic as solved.

[zukothoth]

This was not solved, it is still open to someone. I just no longer have the RTL8187. I have purchased a new card, if you would have read my last reply.