Can I use NL80211 with RTL8188 ?

[arthur_75]

Hi everyone,

I'm using the A13-SOM with A13-SOM-WIFI which uses RTL8188 Wifi module.I want to scan packets in monitor mode on wlan. In order to do that, I have to use nl80211 driver instead of the old wext.

But, in order to use nl80211, the wifi driver (RTL8192CU) has to be compatible with nl80211. After some research, I found that realtek provided drivers with nl80211 support from v3.4 of RTL8192CU. But, on standard debian image (kernel v3.4.79) provided by Olimex, the driver version is v3.3.2, so it doesn't work with nl80211.

I tried to compile a newer version from realtek (v4.0), then I was able to scan AP with this new driver. But when I connect the board to an AP, when it's associated, I have a kernel panic and the board reboot.

Does anyone succeed to use RTL8188 module with nl80211 driver ? In other word, does anyone succeed to create an AP or sniff in monitor mode with RTL8188 ?

Thanks for your help,