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  1. Bug #190266
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Comment 2 for bug 190266

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Philanthropist (phil-benn) wrote :

I also have the same Realtek chipset in a Toshiba Laptop, and the device appears on the USB bus rather than PCI. I too tried all manner of solutions involving Ndiswrapper, use of WinXP drivers/inf files, etc, but nothing would work.

The recent release of the Intrepid Ibex beta has solved this issue for me, as support for RTL8187B seems to be included by default.

Unfortunately I now have a different problem where the wireless connection 'stalls' after 5 minutes use, but only on certain brands of wireless router. However the drivers work fine on the wireless AP at home.

Hopefully the latest release of Ibex will solve your problem too. Tell your dad to give it another go, it's so much faster than the 'market leader' on my AMD64 laptop.

Regards,
Philanthropist.