Problem with Alpha RTL8187 USB-wifi adapter
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I am running pfSense from a Live CD so I can test it and get to know it a bit.
The Alpha RTL8187 USB-wifi adapter will not run correctly; when I try to configure it I get the error message "RF Calibration failed".
Is there an easy way to correct this?
I know very little about Linux but my first guess is that it may be a problem with the driver because I have used this adapter with other Linux implementations without problem.
Since I am running a live CD it might be very difficult to load a different driver….
Any ideas?
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It might work better with a pfSense 2.1 snapshot build which is based on FreeBSD 8.3, a more recent release than that used in earlier versions of pfSense.
I know very little about Linux
pfSense is based on FreeBSD which is not Linux. FreeBSD is very similar to Linux in some respects, very different in other respects.
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pfSense is based on FreeBSD which is not Linux.
Thanks, I did not know that.
It might work better with a pfSense 2.1 snapshot build which is based on FreeBSD 8.3, a more recent release than that used in earlier versions of pfSense.
I downloaded the latest version I found in the download page which was 2.0.1. I guess I'll just wait for v.2.1 to appear and see if the RTL8187 works with it.
Thanks again.