r8712u cannot set essid

From: Jeff Chua
Date: Sun Apr 24 2011 - 22:16:16 EST


I'm having problem trying to set essid on the "Realtek RTL8188S WLAN
Adapter" with the r8172u module on 2.6.39-rc4. There's no error. Just
can't set.


# dmesg ...
r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown,
you have been warned.
r8712u: DriverVersion: v7_0.20100831
r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 90:61:0c:01:8f:b0
usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
r8712u: 1 RCR=0x153f00e
r8712u: 2 RCR=0x553f00e

# iwconfig wlan1 essid "tryanything"
# iwconfig wlan1
wlan1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Cell: Not-Associated Bit Rate:0 kb/s
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0



Thanks,
Jeff
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/