pauljbl Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Hi are there any drivers for a realtek 8188eu based USB WiFi card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart-Aswood Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Not for use with Linux in terms of monitor mode or promiscuous mode - or not any that work. I'm using one right now on my Windows 7 laptop just for internet access and in that role it's a great long range "n" adapter. Fantastic. Wireshark hates it's guts though. So I use the 8188 to pull in internet, which I then share over ethernet to the MK5 and monitor that ethernet connection with Wireshark. In that role it works excellently. It's a much much better adapter than the internal one on the laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauljbl Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 I was hoping for the 8188eu to pull in internet for the pineapple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart-Aswood Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Main problem with the 8188eu is that the Linux driver doesn't like it much, in any capacity. That's what I figure anyway. I use it to grab internet onto my Win7 laptop and then share that with the MK5 via ethernet. Besides not being able to deploy it in a flower pot or something, you have great functionality. Solid, fast, and you can monitor real-time with Wireshark. Just the live Wireshark part - I don't think I can give that up now. Very controllable and stable. Lots of data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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