Can't get my RTL8192CU based card to work

[cm03]

Hey Guys,

I've been trying to get my Wifi-Adapter working, and to be honest, so far I have failed miserably

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[root@demo ~]# lsusb | grep 005
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0b05:17ab ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU]
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I tried installing different drivers from the AUR, searched for patched ones, built dkms modules, blacklisted modules and so on, but couldn't get it work at all. My only remaining options are to ask you guys or to simply install another distribution, which I would like to avoid if possible.

I ran some commands that could be useful:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[root@demo ~]# ip addr
[...]
4: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 10:[...]:1d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
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$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[root@demo ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
nfnetlink_queue 11347 0
nfnetlink_log 9007 0
nfnetlink 6654 2 nfnetlink_log,nfnetlink_queue
bluetooth 295809 0
cfg80211 446667 0
8192cu 516676 0
uio_pdrv_genirq 3238 0
uio 8753 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
sch_fq_codel 7611 2
snd_bcm2835 19280 0
snd_pcm 84574 1 snd_bcm2835
snd_timer 20697 1 snd_pcm
snd 61017 3 snd_bcm2835,snd_timer,snd_pcm
bcm2708_rng 1044 0
rng_core 5666 1 bcm2708_rng
ipv6 328297 18
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$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[root@demo ~]# iw dev
[root@demo ~]#
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$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[root@demo ~]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 unassociated Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
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
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$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[root@demo ~]# airmon-ng start wlan0
No interfering processes found
PHY Interface Driver Chipset

null wlan0 rtl8192cu ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU]
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$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[root@demo ~]# iw dev wlan0 scan
command failed: No such device (-19)
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Right now I pretty much reversed all the changes I've made to the system and am now at a "clean state".
What would you recommend that I try now?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Greetings!

[tempest]

I followed the advice by moesguaard from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/8192cu-dkms/
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') suggest adding this to the package for black listing.

blacklist rtl8192cu
blacklist rtl8192c_common
blacklist rtl_usb
blacklist rtlwifi
blacklist mac80211
blacklist cfg80211
blacklist rfkill

because i went from a maximum 10Mbps to my top speed of 50Mbps just by adding those extra lines.

[cm03]

I got it to work!

First of all I made sure to remove all traces of my failure by deinstalling and removing all packages/files that I previously tampered with.
After that I installed these two Packages:

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[root@demo ~]# pacman -Q | grep 8192
dkms-8192cu v4.0.2_9000.20130911-2
hostapd-8192cu 0.8_rtw_r7475.20130812_beta-3
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I then installed this: https://github.com/oblique/create_ap
I am now able to create a software-ap that others can connect to. The Speed I get isn't spectacular but it isn't going to be used by a lot of devices at once so I'm okay with that.
Im going to blacklist the modules you mentioned anyway

Thanks a lot!