EDUP EP MS8512 Wifi USB dongle with external antenna - SteveCossy/IOT GitHub Wiki

Photo of EDUP EP-MS8512

https://www.ansrains.co.zw/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=324

[Interesting WiFi speed benchmarking page.](https://netbeez.net/blog/raspberry-pi-3b-iperf-wifi-performance/)

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep -iC 4 rtl
[    2.224890] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-20980000.usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:73:91:ad
[    2.329215] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
[    2.462130] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8172, bcdDevice= 2.00
[    2.468712] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    2.472297] usb 1-1.5: Product: RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
[    2.475746] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
[    2.479176] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[    4.191670] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): recovery complete
[    4.600809] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
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[   17.154049] snd_bcm2835: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.478344] bcm2835_audio soc:audio: card created with 8 channels
[   19.054656] w1_master_driver w1_bus_master1: w1_search: max_slave_count 64 reached, will continue next search.
[   19.490606] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   19.703028] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
[   19.703070] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
[   19.749561] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
[   23.127310] random: crng init done
[   23.127335] random: 7 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting
[   24.656617] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x000a
[   24.656646] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = e8:4e:06:0c:84:8c
[   24.656660] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[   24.715775] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
[   29.822353] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[   30.264041] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[   30.963546] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
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[ 1626.822502] usb 1-1.5: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 1629.239351] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg
[ 1629.372681] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8172, bcdDevice= 2.00
[ 1629.372710] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1629.372722] usb 1-1.5: Product: RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
[ 1629.372733] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
[ 1629.372743] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[ 1629.376423] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
[ 1629.376461] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
[ 1629.378274] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
[ 1630.641661] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x000a
[ 1630.641693] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = e8:4e:06:0c:84:8c
[ 1630.641708] usb 1-1.5: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[ 1631.539721] r8712u 1-1.5:1.0 wlan0: 1 RCR=0x153f00e
[ 1631.540529] r8712u 1-1.5:1.0 wlan0: 2 RCR=0x553f00e
[ 1633.660254] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 1638.870058] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/net/wireless Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon | 22 wlan0: 0000 91. 71. 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0

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