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differences in the entry: vendor
Realtek-Semiconductor-Co.-Ltd.
differences in the entry: model name
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
10ec:8185
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified 2005
differences in the entry: interface
not-specified PCI
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_5_5 , trisquel_7_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
3.0.0-17-generic 3.0.0-17-generic, 4.2.0-34-lowlatency
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
rtl8180 rtl818x_pci
differences in the entry: Description
[p]lspci -vmmnn[/p]
[code]
Slot: 05:04.0
Class: Ethernet controller [0200]
Vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. [10ec]
Device: RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller [8185]
SVendor: ZyXEL Communication Corporation [187e]
SDevice: Device [340d]
Rev: 20
[/code]
[p]lspci -nnk[/p]
[code]
05:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8185] (rev 20)
Subsystem: ZyXEL Communication Corporation Device [187e:340d]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8180
Kernel modules: rtl8180
[/code]
The controller used is also compatible with all the wifi cards from de family of the RTL-818x series.
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