ASUS PCE-N15

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bgn (N300)
Wireless-N300 PCI Express Adapter
Asus PCE-N15.jpg
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Platform
BrandModelRev
ASUS PCE-N15
Interface
PCIe
Connector
PCIe
ID:10ec:8178 (2 addl. devices) SS: 1043:84b6
Windows: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8178&SUBSYS_84B61043
FCCID
Chip1
Realtek RTL8192CE

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

Windows driver
possibly see Realtek's website, but the majority of legacy drivers have been removed
know a better source? LMK

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 Flag of the United States.svg
 FCC ID
Edimax EW-7622PInNDD9576221103

For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.

For a list of all currently documented ASUS device 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