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Wireless Network Driver for RealTek RTL8187L USB 802.11b/g adapter (urtw)

The current version is 0.1

This driver is based on the source code from FreeBSD, and is provided under the same BSD-type License.

Links

• SUNWurtw package (v0.1)

Note that this version supports 802.11b/g, WEP, WPA

Note that the urtw driver works under Opensolaris build 105+

Requirements

Before downloading the source or installing the binaries, please make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• RealTek RTL8187L USB based wireless 802.11b/g devices.
• Solaris Nevada build 105+

Hardwares

The following adapters should work:

How to use

The easiest way to install the driver is from pre-compiled binary package:

# wget http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/downloads/urtw-0.1-pkg.tar.gz # gzip -dc urtw-0.1-pkg.tar.gz | tar xvf - # cd urtw-0.1; pkgadd -d . SUNWurtw

You should be able to plumb the interface right after installing this package without having to reboot first:

# ifconfig urtw0 plumb

If plumbing failed, your card may be not supported or just not getting properly identified by the Solaris kernel. Send us a note and we'll try to help.

If you can plumb the urtw0 interface, you can use wificonfig/dladm CLI to config the wifi. Alternatively, you can enable the GUI nwam.

Notes

This is work in progress. Please send your questions and comments laptop-discuss@opensolaris.org discussion forum.