ASUS PCE-N15
ASUS PCE-N15
Availability: common
Manuf (OEM/ODM): Edimax EW-7622PIn
FCC approval date: 27 April 2011
(Est.) release date: 06 June 2011
UPC: 610839379774 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf.: China
Interface: PCIe
ID: 10ec:8178 (2 addl. devices) SS: 1043:84b6
Windows: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8178&SUBSYS_84B61043
FCC ID: MSQ-PCEN15, NDD9576221103
WI1 chip1: Realtek RTL8192CE
Probable Linux driver
rtl8192ce (in backports) or Realtek's vendor driver
PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.38 (2011-03-15)
(see also passys)
Windows driver
possibly see Realtek's website
Antenna connector: RP-SMA
bgn, 2x2:2
OUI: none specified
| FCC ID | |
|---|---|
| Edimax EW-7622PIn | NDD9576221103 |
For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.
Wireless-N300 PCI Express Adapter
"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
