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Improved USB wireless driver

Last updated on 13 hours ago
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ncafferkeyJunior Member
Posted 3 days ago
I've fixed two major bugs in realtek8180.device, which should make it much more reliable on both 32-bit and 64-bit. It should also work with DHCP now, although it can be slow to assign an address.

I've hopefully managed to attach 32-bit and 64-bit binaries below.

@ntromans Thanks for your testing and perseverance with this driver, which prompted me to take another look at it after many years.
retrofaza, Amiwell79, nikos
ncafferkey attached the following file:
realtek8180_v07_i386.zip [29.46kB / 8 Downloads]
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ncafferkeyJunior Member
Posted 3 days ago
I failed to attach both binaries to the initial post, so here's the 64-bit one.
retrofaza, Amiwell79
ncafferkey attached the following file:
realtek8180_v07_x86-64.zip [32.7kB / 8 Downloads]
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ntromansSenior Member
Posted 3 days ago
Many thanks! I shall give this a try over the weekend along wiith 64 bit release candidate Smile

Cheers,
Nigel.

P.S. I was finding on 64 bit the previous realtek8180.device could use DHCP on 64 bit; this worked both with my home network and the one at the recent Midlands Amiga Enthusiasts meet (although it took a few restarts to get onto that one). I use the startnet/stopnet/startnet trick.
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Amiwell79Distro Maintainer
Posted 3 days ago
where is the adapter?
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ncafferkeyJunior Member
Posted 3 days ago

Amiwell79 wrote:

@Amiwell79 - where is the adapter?


See the RTl8187 list here: https://wiki.debi...ed-rtl8187
Only RTL8187B chips are likely to work.
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Amiwell79Distro Maintainer
Posted 3 days ago
thanx I had a WG111v3
Edited by Amiwell79 on 11-10-2025 10:17, 3 days ago
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ntromansSenior Member
Posted 3 days ago
New driver is now installed (64 bit); looks to be working fine Smile

Cheers,
Nigel.
Amiwell79, Argo, ncafferkey
nikosnikosDistro Maintainer
Posted 18 hours ago
Does it have to be USB or can wi-fi card like this work?

https://www.ebay....R7LH6OO7Zg
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ncafferkeyJunior Member
Posted 17 hours ago

nikos wrote:

@nikos - Does it have to be USB or can wi-fi card like this work?

https://www.ebay....R7LH6OO7Zg


Hmm, it's possible. The RTL8187B chip is USB-only AFAIK, so maybe these cards look like USB to the system. This page suggests that the chip might be built into some motherboards/laptops:
https://cateee.ne...L8187.html
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Amiwell79Distro Maintainer
Posted 13 hours ago
It may work, but if the driver was written for a USB dongle, I wouldn't know—just need to try.
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