Add driver support for Rtl8192eu wifi driver at software station

kuntalkundu

With reference to this link- https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rtwn&sektion=4&format=html [https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/rtwn%284%29](https://) request the ghostbsd team to add driver support for TP link TL WN 823N v2 wifi usb dongle. Because when Ethernet not works only wifi can save us to continue the work flow. Those usb wifi devices are life saver because with help of those device I can use mobile internet after making the mobile a portable hotspot. Linux kernel 6 and next already added support for this driver. If ghostbsd add this driver support it will be very helpful. Currently after attaching the usb, available network names are showing but after putting SSID and WPA Password the wifi network disappeared from network manager. Again after detouching the usb device and re-insert shows the network names.

vimanuelt

kuntalkundu
To suggest a new feature (e.g., add a driver), submit a feature request at ghostbsd/issuesissues/new?assignees=&labels=feature&template=feature_request.yaml :-)

wb7odyfred

TP link TL WN 823N v2 wifi usb dongle, older freebsd device driver version binary software, rtwn_usb.ko & if_rtwn.ko did have the exact problems you have shown above.
Lets get some facts and some version numbers, dates, sizes
kldstat or kldstat rtwn
kldload rtwn_usb.ko ; kldstat what dates, version, sizes are listed from the kldstat command. Copy and Paste here. You may Direct Message me on Telegram. Yes, I saw the exact behavior explained.
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rtwn&sektion=4&format=html Examples to use. Do you have the firmware file available to load?
/boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192eufw.ko
Not the 8192eu device, but good example commands to use like:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-12-driver-to-use-with-rtl8812au.75090/
usbconfig list
dmesg | tail -25

ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 ssid my_net up
ifconfig rtwn0 up scan
'if wlan0 up scan ' shows nearby access points. Trying to connect with a specific WPA2 access point fails to connect. So you can scan and see access points, yet you can not connect to that same wifi access point.
Look for version of rtwn device driver binary software. pkg list rtwn ; pkg update ; pkg search rtwn; other CLI commands to issue. https://forums.freebsd.org or https://freebsd.org mailing list wireless might have some useful information and commands to issue
https://forums.freebsd.org/tags/rtwn/
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-12-driver-to-use-with-rtl8812au.75090/ Example commands and outputs.
sudo kldstat | grep rtwn

killall dhclient
wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
dhclient wlan0

https://bsd-hardware.info/?id=usb:0bda-8179 8188 EUS

kuntalkundu

wb7odyfred kuntal@kuntal-ghostbsd ~> kldstat rtwn
usage: kldstat [-dhqv] [-i id] [-n filename]
kldstat [-dq] [-m modname]
kuntal@kuntal-ghostbsd ~ [1]> kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 110 0xffffffff80200000 295a408 kernel 2 1 0xffffffff82b5c000 4588 utouch.ko 3 1 0xffffffff82b61000 5dc658 zfs.ko 4 1 0xffffffff8313e000 1c5e8 geom_eli.ko 5 1 0xffffffff83b3c000 73c0 linprocfs.ko 6 4 0xffffffff83b44000 c2a8 linux_common.ko 7 1 0xffffffff83b51000 440c linsysfs.ko 8 1 0xffffffff83b56000 3560 fdescfs.ko 9 1 0xffffffff83b5a000 30a80 linux.ko 10 1 0xffffffff83b8b000 2de10 linux64.ko 11 1 0xffffffff83bb9000 6760 cuse.ko 12 1 0xffffffff83bc0000 12e18 fusefs.ko 13 1 0xffffffff83bd3000 21e8 hgame.ko 14 4 0xffffffff83bd6000 30a8 hidmap.ko 15 1 0xffffffff83bda000 1e2228 i915kms.ko 16 2 0xffffffff83dbd000 87090 drm.ko 17 1 0xffffffff83e45000 22b8 iic.ko 18 2 0xffffffff83e48000 4120 linuxkpi_video.ko 19 3 0xffffffff83e4d000 7350 dmabuf.ko 20 3 0xffffffff83e55000 3378 lindebugfs.ko 21 1 0xffffffff83e59000 c338 ttm.ko 22 1 0xffffffff83e66000 21e8 hcons.ko 23 1 0xffffffff83e69000 21e8 hms.ko 24 1 0xffffffff83e6c000 21e8 hsctrl.ko 25 1 0xffffffff83e6f000 4250 ichsmb.ko 26 1 0xffffffff83e74000 2178 smbus.ko 27 1 0xffffffff83e77000 2278 pty.ko 28 1 0xffffffff83e7a000 27450 ipfw.ko 29 1 0xffffffff83ea2000 2a68 mac_ntpd.ko

kuntalkundu

kuntal@kuntal-ghostbsd /b/kernel> usbconfig list ugen0.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA) ugen1.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA) ugen0.2: <Integrated Rate Matching Hub Intel Corp.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA) ugen1.2: <Integrated Rate Matching Hub Intel Corp.> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA) ugen0.3: <vendor 0x275d USB OPTICAL MOUSE> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA) ugen1.3: <KB216 Wired Keyboard Dell Computer Corp.> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA) ugen0.4: <TL-WN823N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8192EU] TP-Link> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

kuntalkundu

kuntal@kuntal-ghostbsd /b/kernel> dmesg | tail -25 iic5: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus5 sysctl_warn_reuse: can't re-use a leaf (hw.dri.debug)! lkpi_iic6: <LinuxKPI I2C> on drm3 iicbus6: <Philips I2C bus> on lkpi_iic6 iic6: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus6 [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20201103 for drmn0 on minor 0 VT: Replacing driver "efifb" with new "drmfb". start FB_INFO: height=1080 width=1920 depth=32 pbase=0xe012d000 vbase=0xfffff800e012d000 name=drmn0 id=i915drmfb flags=0x0 stride=7680 end FB_INFO ichsmb0: <Intel Cougar Point SMBus controller> port 0xf040-0xf05f mem 0xf7d05000-0xf7d050ff irq 18 at device 31.3 on pci0 smbus0: <System Management Bus> on ichsmb0 hms0: <vendor 0x275d USB OPTICAL MOUSE> on hidbus0 hms0: 3 buttons and [XYW] coordinates ID=0 hsctrl0: <vendor 0x413c Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard System Control> on hidbus2 hcons0: <vendor 0x413c Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard Consumer Control> on hidbus2 wlan0: Ethernet address: 50:3e:aa:95:5f:1f re0: link state changed to UP lo0: link state changed to UP re0: link state changed to DOWN re0: link state changed to UP ipfw2 (+ipv6) initialized, divert loadable, nat loadable, default to accept, logging disabled Security policy loaded: MAC/ntpd (mac_ntpd)

kuntalkundu

kuntal@kuntal-ghostbsd ~> ifconfig rtwn0 up scan
ifconfig: interface rtwn0 does not exist

kuntalkundu

kuntal@kuntal-ghostbsd ~ [1]> sudo kldstat | grep rtwn Password: kuntal@kuntal-ghostbsd ~ [0|1]>

kuntalkundu

This is the situation when I plugged in the usb dongle to usb port. Without any configuration it shows the available wifi networks name. Here last two networks are my own wifi. I have already try to connect with secure password, so in wpa_supplicant file they are already listed. Now if I try to connect again they will be disappeared, until I reboot the computer they would not show up again here.