Hi Eric, ASX

I tried with different modules now, "run" as well as "urtwn", the Qualcomm/Atheros chip in my Acer is never recognized and the Dlink DWA-131 with Realtek chipset still unstable.
it always disables "wlan" after a couple of minutes and no resolv.conf entries with nameservers nor other adjustments help.
I don t know what to try else and guess I ll try openSuse again, which recognized the Qualcomm/Atheros immidiately.

cheers
Achim

Achim, shame about the trouble your having.
Have you tried one of these?

https://www.amazon.de/USB-N10-802-11-Wi ... 1_1&sr=8-1 It seems to be supported.

Also with Realtek drivers you have to add this to
loader.conf

legal.realtek.license_ack=1

otherwise the driver will be unstable.

Hope this helps.

NevilleGoddard wrote:Also with Realtek drivers you have to add this to
loader.conf

legal.realtek.license_ack=1

otherwise the driver will be unstable.

Hope this helps.

Pfuuu, hope so, too.
I tried it with opensuse once again and there the break offs in connection came from app armor so I deactivated it with only firewall activated.
I will try with that license line and maybe without s.th. activated in that direction again.
But then I need a working PC. Otherwise I have to live with GhostBSD on my Asus netbook for some while...
Next year I could get the Lenovo T430 from my wife. Another chance

Best
Achim

It's strange you're having trouble. According to this, https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rsu&sektion=4 the device is supported.

This is what you have to do to get it running, according to the page:

To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):

if_rsu_load="YES"

After you have read the license in /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE
you will want to add the following lines to loader.conf(5):

legal.realtek.license_ack=1
rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES"

I also just found this. Apparently the Dlink DWA-131 has another driver. Maybe you could try this one:

https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?que ... ease-ports

Add this to loader.conf:

if_urtwn_load="YES"

And check /etc/rc.conf for these lines:

wlans_urtwn0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

if you decide to use the urtwn driver.

Good luck.

Wow. Lots of possibilities. I LL try the latter as well. Thx a lot Neville.
I tried the urtwn driver already but without the exact lines in rc.conf.

Best
Achim

NevilleGoddard wrote:It's strange you're having trouble. According to this, https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rsu&sektion=4 the device is supported.

This is what you have to do to get it running, according to the page:

To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):

if_rsu_load="YES"

After you have read the license in /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE
you will want to add the following lines to loader.conf(5):

legal.realtek.license_ack=1
rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES"

yes,yes really strange! gosh, GhostBSD now really gave me a big headache, but thx to my hero Neville: IT WORKS!
two reboots and still have stable internet connection!
knock on wood, so far so good. will give it an update this evening and see how far everything goes, if all good, we can put this thread as "solved" and I ll add some hints what worked best here.

best
Achim

That's great news, Achim!
I hope everything works out.

Gosh, me stupid decided to start that upd and have to go in 10 mins!
And it s fetching and fetching and fetching. Hope, it works unattended as well.... :-;

Best
Achim