ASUS PCE-N15
| bgn (N300) | |||||
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| Wireless-N300 PCI Express Adapter | |||||
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| Homepage | Product page | ||||
| WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru | ASUS PCE-N15 | ||||
| Wikipedia | Asus routers | ||||
| Platform | |||||
| Brand • Model • Rev | ASUS PCE-N15 | ||||
| Interface | PCIe | ||||
| Connector | PCIe | ||||
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ID:10ec:8178 (2 addl. devices) SS: 1043:84b6 | |||||
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| FCCID | MSQ-PCEN15, NDD9576221103 | ||||
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| Chip1 | Realtek RTL8192CE | ||||
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OUI: none specified | |||||
| Antenna Connection | RP-SMA | ||||
| MIMO status | 2x2:2 | ||||
| Wireless Standards | IEEE 802.11b/g/n | ||||
| 802.11n | up to 300 Mbps | ||||
| 802.11g | up to 54 Mbps | ||||
| 802.11b | up to 11 Mbps | ||||
| Operating Frequency | 2.4 GHz | ||||
| Other | |||||
| Manuf/OEM/ODM | Edimax EW-7622PIn | ||||
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Probable Linux driver | |||||
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Windows driver | |||||
| Retail | |||||
| Availability | common | ||||
| (Est.) release date | 06 June 2011 | ||||
| (Est.) initial retail price (in USD) | $04/27/2011 | ||||
| UPC |
610839379774 (UPC DB, On eBay) | ||||
| ASIN |
B0053GR2YI | ||||
| Country of manuf | China | ||||
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For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.
For a list of all currently documented ASUS devices with specifications, see ASUS.
- • 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class
Overview
"1244-00000775-50Z_ES" (or something) is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.
- OEM: Edimax EW-7622PIn
Linux driver
The PCIe wireless card bases on the Realtek RTL8188CE (1x1x1 ?) chipset.
- This chipset is supported by the Linux kernel since version 2.6.38-2
- and recognized by the kernel in the following way:
lspci
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01) [10ec:8178] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84b6]
The PCE-N15 is controlled by the kernel module rtl8192ce
- This drivers is loaded automatically by the kernel:
rtl8192ce 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 rtl8192ce 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 rtl8192ce: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc' rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
Furthermore, Realtek provides the kernel module for download at their homepage.
- To compile this driver under Ubuntu the following packages have
- to be installed first: linux-headers-generic and build-essential.
- Afterwards, the driver can be unpacked and compiled:
sudo su make clean make make install
Unfortunately, the quality of the Linux driver seems to be low and several Linux user experience
- disconnctions and other problems with the WiFi card or the RTL8188CE chipset.
As a remedy it is suggested to deactivate the hardware encryption of the card.
- In this case, the module has to be loaded by the kernel with additional
- options, which can be given in the file /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192ce.conf:
/etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192ce.conf options rtl8192ce ips=0 fwlps=0 swenc=1