[arch-general] Any recoomendations for Wi-Fi USB sticks? Was: Wi-Fi rtl8192s

[Ralf Mardorf]

Is there any stick here [1] that can be recommended?
[1]
http://www.reichelt.de/WLAN-Adapter/0/30/index.html?;ACTION=2;LA=2;GROUPID=770;SID=13TzAwOH8AAAIAAF@6hfge3fbb785f260124355b56475abd124ec
Perhaps one of the 300Mbit/s once?

It's my semiconductor dealer, so I'll order an USB stick there, because
I already have to order some other electronic stuff.

Regards,
Ralf

On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 20:40 +0100, Michael wrote:
> I don't know about that version, I guess you should try it. The newest 
> version does still drops connections in combination with Wicd.
> The newest is 2.6.6.0.20110401: 
> http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=230&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true
> 
> If you use NetworkManager there seems to be no problem.
> 
> 
> Gr,
> Michael
> 
> On 02/06/2012 07:19 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > does anybody know if the first driver mentioned here [1] is ok, in other
> > words, won't there be dropped connections?
> > [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#rtl8192s
> >
> > Anybody using a Sempre WU300 on Arch Linux with kernel 3.0-rt, to
> > connect an iPad 2 to the Internet?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ralf