Comment 13 for bug 37066

I've got Problems with the "r8187" module, too.

elektranox@sonne:~$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:15:AF:04:66:25
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

elektranox@sonne:~$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 802.11b/g Mode:Managed Channel=3
          Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
          Retry:on Fragment thr: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

elektranox@sonne:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "Reichel"
elektranox@sonne:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 6
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

elektranox@sonne:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 802.11b/g ESSID:"Reiche"
          Mode:Managed Channel=1 Access Point: Invalid
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
          Retry:on Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key: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

Errors:
1. Couldn't set channel
2. ESSID was not insert completly -> can be fixed by inserting one additional letter