RTL8187 (ALFA Network AWUS036H)

[MikeN]

Will it support this? 

[4D_Official]

1. Installing packages for USB support on OpenWRT

opkg update
opkg install kmod-usb-core 
opkg install kmod-usb-uhci
opkg install kmod-usb-ohci
opkg install kmod-usb2
insmod usb-ohci
insmod usbcore
insmod uhci
insmod ehci-hcd

2. AWUS036h driver install on OpenWRT

opkg update
opkg install kmod-rtl8187

3. Test if AWUS036h driver is installed properly

lsusb

If the drivers were properly installed, you should receive a message like this:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter

 

[Skinny]

Looks like the kernel is too old to do any of this now:

Collected errors:
 * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for kmod-usb-core:
 *      kernel (= 4.14.176-1-342af9e4f67b3447c53216ab8e3b12a1)
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-usb-core.

I saw trying to load a usb ethernet adapter and got the same response. Doesn't seem to be a way in Openwrt to pull backwards compatible drivers from old repos.

[Foxtrot]

On 4/24/2020 at 3:58 PM, Skinny said:

Looks like the kernel is too old to do any of this now:

Collected errors:
 * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for kmod-usb-core:
 *      kernel (= 4.14.176-1-342af9e4f67b3447c53216ab8e3b12a1)
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-usb-core.

I saw trying to load a usb ethernet adapter and got the same response. Doesn't seem to be a way in Openwrt to pull backwards compatible drivers from old repos.

You can try with --force-depends for kernel modules. We do the same thing on the Pineapple automatically.

[Skinny]

22 hours ago, Foxtrot said:

You can try with --force-depends for kernel modules. We do the same thing on the Pineapple automatically.

Thanks for the response. I gave it a shot and it looked promising but still failed out at the end.

Configuring kmod-libphy.
Configuring kmod-mii.
Configuring kmod-usb-net.
Configuring kmod-usb-net-asix-ax88179.
Collected errors:
 * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for kmod-usb-net-asix-ax88179:
 *      kernel (= 4.14.176-1-342af9e4f67b3447c53216ab8e3b12a1)

I was trying to install a driver for an Ethernet adapter I was working with. Looks like it was going well for the dependencies but then failed to actually load what I wanted.

<<<UPDATE>>>

Strangely, I rebooted the Owl and went back in to try the process again. This time is says there was a successful installation:

opkg install kmod-usb-net-asix-ax88179 --force-depends
Package kmod-usb-net-asix-ax88179 (4.14.176-1) installed in root is up to date.

Now I just need to figure out how to bring up an Ethernet interface as it appears that does not happen automatically. Looks like it's not as simple as ifconfig eth0 up.