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differences in the entry: vendor
Realtek-Semiconductor-Corp.
differences in the entry: model name
Realtek RTL8187L (Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
RPC-WU1420B Wireless 820.11b/g USB Adapter
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
Alfa AWUS036H 802.11b/g Long-Range USB Adapter
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
0bda:8187
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
2007
differences in the entry: interface
USB
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
guix , parabola
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.35-25-generic, 4.14.12-gnu-1 4.14.12-gnu-1,5.4.27-gnu
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
rtl8187
differences in the entry: Description
[p]Everything works out of the box with 100% free kernels.[/p]
[p]Note: Another user describes a slow and inestable internet conexion with free driver rtl8187, compared with ndiswrapper+winXP drivers. Tested with kernel 2.6.38, distro Trisquel 5.0.[/p]
[p]Works with Guix System with the 5.4.27-gnu Linuk kernel, but the performance is very poor. A second adapter I had to compare could validate Internet speeds of 15 MB/s while this RTL8187 adapter (the one shipped with an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard) could barely sustain 1 or 2 MB/s.[/p]
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