Revision - wifi card Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter
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model: RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter(model id: 1133)
possible other names of the device:
TP-LINK TL-WN821N v4.1 Wireless N300 USB Adapter, 300Mbps
vendor:
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
VendorID:ProductID code of the device:
0bda:8178
year of commercialization:
2009
interface:
USB
tested on:
Trisquel 6.0 Toutatis
tested with the following kernel libre:
3.0.0.31-generic
does it work with free software?
no
free driver used:
Description:

This product seems to be the newest in the TP-Link TL-WN821N line, unlike previous versions it requires nonfree firmware to run. Note in some online product listings it is impossible to find the "v" number before receiving the product.

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