Wireless USB adapter install - Billion BiPAC 3011N (SOLVED)

[jungle]

I am trying to install a Billion BiPAC 3011N USB wireless adapter. It came with a Linux driver (rtl8192su). My operating system is Linux Mint 10 (64 bit) which is based on Ubuntu 10.10 (Linux 2.6.35).

I have checked the Realtek drivers and there is a new driver RTL8712 (suggested on one of the UBUNTU threads) which I think replaces (8188_8191-8192SU). It supports Linux kernel version from 2.6.18 ~ 2.6.33. I have both the RTL8192SU and the RTL8712 drivers on my desktop, but I do not know which to use. I can use the terminal in a basic fashion. I have very little idea what I am doing but I can input code given to me.

I am hoping that someone out there can help me install the best driver, install the adapter and get it up and running.

[remoulder]

With you adapter plugged in, please open a terminal and enter

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lsusb
lsmod

Copy/paste the outputs back here.

[jungle]

Hi 'Remoulder' thanks for the suggestion. No response in the terminal to those commands lsusb or lsmod when the adapter is plugged in (either alone or as well as my TP-Link 54mps adapter). When i only have the old adapter plugged in I get he following response to those two commands.

jungle@belinda ~ $ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f9:018c Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-115C
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 006: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Card Reader/Writer
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0821 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
jungle@belinda ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
cryptd 8140 0
aes_x86_64 7936 2
aes_generic 27631 1 aes_x86_64
binfmt_misc 7984 1
dm_crypt 13381 0
arc4 1497 2
rt73usb 24308 0
crc_itu_t 1739 1 rt73usb
rt2500usb 19651 0
rt2x00usb 11316 2 rt73usb,rt2500usb
rt2x00lib 31575 3 rt73usb,rt2500usb,rt2x00usb
mac80211 266657 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211 170293 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
nvidia 10221046 38
snd_usb_audio 105727 1
snd_usbmidi_lib 21313 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hda_codec_realtek 299533 1
snd_hda_intel 26019 2
snd_hda_codec 100919 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6660 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 89104 3 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 5932 0
snd_rawmidi 22207 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7291 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57512 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ppdev 6804 0
parport_pc 30086 1
uvcvideo 62379 0
snd_timer 23850 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
usblp 12700 0
asus_atk0110 12987 0
snd_seq_device 6912 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
videodev 49359 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15519 2 uvcvideo,videodev
joydev 11363 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12646 1 videodev
snd 64117 17 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
led_class 3393 1 rt2x00lib
lp 10201 0
soundcore 1240 1 snd
parport 37032 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
snd_page_alloc 8588 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
usbhid 42062 0
hid 84678 1 usbhid
usb_storage 50372 0
dm_raid45 75026 0
xor 4709 1 dm_raid45
btrfs 506518 0
zlib_deflate 21866 1 btrfs
crc32c 3007 1
libcrc32c 1268 1 btrfs
floppy 65299 0
atl2 26364 0
intel_agp 32080 0
jungle@belinda ~ $

The folder downloaded on my desktop relating to this driver: (rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.6.0.20110401/driver/rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.6.0.20110401) includes the following documents: makefile; autoconf_rtl8712_usb_linux.h;
config; ifcfg-wlan0; kconfig; runwa; wlan0dhcp and wpa1.conf. It also includes a quick installation guide (attached) based on Linux fedora.
file:///home/jungle/Desktop/rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.6.0.20110401/document/RTL8712(8188_8191_8192SU)_usb_quick_installation_guide.ppt

Does this help?

[pdc_2]

I suspect that this device uses the rt73usb driver

and you can see it is already there;

and you also have the rt2500usb loading also: = CLASH

http://www.paulpepper.com/blog/2010/01/ ... on-ubuntu/

you should try blacklisting

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-custom.conf

then paste in

blacklist rt2500usb rt2x00usb rt2x00lib

if you re-boot; can you now see wireless network?

[jungle]

OK tried that but still can't see the Billion adapter. 'Connection information' shows the rt73usb driver which is working fine with the TP-Link 54mps adapter. In my Windows XP operating system partition I get 120 mps from the Billion adapter. Am still hoping to get it working with Linux Mint. Thanks for your help.

[jungle]

I have moved on from trying to install the Billion BiPAC 3011N wireless adapter with Linux Mint 10. My computer has two operating systems on separate hard drives Linux Mint 10 and Windows XP). My Linux system (Mint 10) has had no trouble finding and connecting to my Billion N7800 modem router via the ethernet (wire) connection. Interestingly as soon as this happened I lost the capacity to link in via the ethernet cable when using Windows XP on the same computer. The good news is that the Windows XP system had no trouble finding and working with the Billion BiPac 3011N wireless adapter (at 150 Mbps). As such I am no longer worrying about getting this wireless adapter to work with Linux. Not realy solved, just my work-around....

Regards

[AlbertP]

Please plug in the Billion adapter and then run lsusb again. In the lsusb output you posted only the Ralink RT73 adapter was visible. If that adapter used to work fine before you blacklisted things, please remove the blacklist again; rt2500usb and rt73usb can not conflict as they never drive the same devices. RT2500 drivers will never touch any RT2501 device.

I am afraid you really screwed up things by installing drivers manually. You presumably got an old version if it was compatible with kernels till 2.6.33. From 2.6.37 on r8712u is part of the kernel, replacing rtl8192su which was preinstalled on the kernels 2.6.31 to 2.6.36.

Instead of installing drivers manually (you can only screw up things as either rtl8192su or r8712u is already part any modern Linux kernel) I recommend to upgrade to a newer kernel: viewtopic.php?t=40185&f=42
You should really give the 3.2.5 kernel a try. Then you won't have to upgrade to more recent drivers anymore.

[jungle]

Hi Albert

Long time since I looked at my posts. Have reloaded Mint 10 (Julia) which is based on kernel 2.6.35-22 generic. Would like to have another go at getting the Billion BiPAC 3011N to work. Have checked and I can see that 'r8192s usb' is in the kernel (below). Can you help me to get my wireless adapter with rtl8192su to work with this kernel or will I need to upgrade to the current version of Linux Mint?

Regards

jungle@belinda ~ $ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root 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 007: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f9:0283 Brother Industries, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:0821 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
jungle@belinda ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
cryptd 8140 0
aes_x86_64 7936 2
aes_generic 27631 1 aes_x86_64
arc4 1497 2
rt73usb 24308 0
rt2500usb 19651 0
rt2x00usb 11316 2 rt73usb,rt2500usb
rt2x00lib 31575 3 rt73usb,rt2500usb,rt2x00usb
mac80211 266657 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211 170293 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
nls_iso8859_1 4657 0
nls_cp437 6375 0
vfat 10954 0
fat 56244 1 vfat
binfmt_misc 7984 1
dm_crypt 13381 0
nvidia 10221046 42
snd_emu10k1_synth 6028 0
snd_emux_synth 34336 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 5165 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 6999 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_usb_audio 105727 1
snd_usbmidi_lib 21313 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hda_codec_realtek 299533 1
snd_emu10k1 149854 3 snd_emu10k1_synth
r8192s_usb 317763 0
snd_seq_midi 5932 0
snd_ac97_codec 125227 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_rawmidi 22207 4 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
ac97_bus 1474 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_util_mem 3842 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hda_intel 26019 2
snd_hda_codec 100919 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6660 4 snd_emux_synth,snd_usb_audio,snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_codec
usblp 12700 0
uvcvideo 62379 0
emu10k1_gp 2020 0
gameport 11224 2 emu10k1_gp
snd_seq_midi_event 7291 2 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi
videodev 49359 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15519 2 uvcvideo,videodev
led_class 3393 1 rt2x00lib
snd_seq 57512 5 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm 89104 5 snd_usb_audio,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_device 6912 5 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd_timer 23850 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8588 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ppdev 6804 0
psmouse 62080 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12646 1 videodev
eeprom_93cx6 1789 1 r8192s_usb
serio_raw 4910 0
snd 64117 25 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
soundcore 1240 1 snd
asus_atk0110 12987 0
parport_pc 30086 1
lp 10201 0
parport 37032 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usb_storage 50372 1
dm_raid45 75026 0
xor 4709 1 dm_raid45
btrfs 506518 0
zlib_deflate 21866 1 btrfs
crc32c 3007 1
libcrc32c 1268 1 btrfs
floppy 65299 0
firewire_ohci 24679 0
firewire_core 54327 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1739 2 rt73usb,firewire_core
atl2 26364 0
intel_agp 32080 0
jungle@belinda ~ $

[AlbertP]

I see you're using the nvidia graphics driver. If you upgrade your kernel you also have to install a newer driver version. However you can install the drivers from a recent kernel version by using compat-wireless.

Mint 12 uses the Linux 3.0 kernel. If that kernel is working, you can download the 3.0 wifi drivers from compat-wireless: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download/stable/
Feel free to choose another version if you know that it's working. After downloading and unpacking it you can just run:

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make
sudo make install

As you're also having other wifi devices apart from this Billion one, I won't use ./scripts/driver-select to choose a driver as the other drivers that you didn't select will stop working.

[jungle]

OK despite the advice received which was very much appreciated I was not able to get this adapter to work with Julia (Linux Mint 10).
I have just upgraded the operating system to Maya (Linux Mint 13) because it will be maintained for the next five years and lo and behold my Billion BiPac 3011N wireless USB adapter works just fine.