Comment 197 for bug 246141

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mf (mat-fletcher) wrote : Re: [Bug 246141] Re: no support for realtek rtl8187se

with a steady 54Mbps?

i never got disconnections, just a drop in throughput that made it unusable

your right about realtek, they seem very uninterested at best.
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Pablo Castellano <email address hidden>wrote:

> From my experience with realtek with another sound driver, I wouldn't
> expect their answer.
>
> BTW, I have tried with ndiswrapper and winxp drivers and it works like a
> charm. No more disconnections :)
>
> On 11/04/10 16:32, mf wrote:
> > well ok, since you put it like that.
> >
> > There has been partial support since 8.04. I think it's the same driver.
> > the problem is getting realtek to ackowledge that this is a bug - which
> they
> > do not., They will send you new drivers but they all have the same
> problem
> > where the 'rate' drops to 1Mpbs. The only way to use this driver is to
> use
> > a script to reset the rate to 54Mbps every 3 seconds. Not perfect but it
> > does allow you to use the driver.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Pablo Castellano
> > <email address hidden>wrote:
> >
> >
> >> @mf:
> >> No, taking the bug title as reference:
> >> It claims that there's "no support for realtek rtl8187se", which was
> true
> >> in the past. But I'm writing this answer from my netbook, using ubuntu
> and
> >> the rtl8187se driver.
> >> A new bugreport should be opened
> >>
> >> --
> >> no support for realtek rtl8187se
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246141
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> >> of the bug.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> no support for realtek rtl8187se
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246141
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