As mentioned in previous article, my notebook – Compaq Presario CQ42-270TU – equipped with Wireless Card Realtek RTL8191SE. Slackware 13.1 could not detect it by default. I need to manually install the driver for the Wifi RTL8191SE.
Free drivers for RealTek RTL8111E.Found 55 files. Please select the driver to download. Additionally, you can choose Operating System to see. LINUX driver for kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x (Support x86 and x64) Realtek LAN 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet (PCI Express) Driver Version: 8.028.00 (Download) Supported models.
This tutorial will show you how to install Wifi RTL8191SE driver for Linux kernel 2.6.X on Slackware 13.1. It also should be applicable to any Linux distros such as Redhat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva, OpenSUSE , etc running kernel 2.6.X
1. Download the driver
Realtek Rtl8111e Gigabit Ethernet Controller
You can download the driver from http://www.wireless-driver.com/download/realtek/realtek-rtl8191se-rtl8192se-wireless-drivers-utility.htm. Choose the Linux driver for kernel 2.6.X
2. Unpack the downloaded file and start compiling
It will take a couple of minutes to install the driver. So be patient. If there is no error, the result should look like above. Now reboot the system to read the new installed driver.
You should now have driver installed. Try the ‘ifconfig -a’ command, you should see a ‘wlan0’ interface.
Rtl8111e Linux Driver Download Windows 7 32bit
I use Wicd Network Manager to configure network interfaces. Click ‘Refresh’ button in the Wicd to re-read available interfaces. If Wicd still can not detect the Wifi interface, try to add it manually using ‘Preferences’ and set the ‘Wireles interface’ to wlan0. Click OK and then Refresh again. Now you must see available wireless networks around you.
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