TP-LINK TL-WN823N v1

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bgn (N300)
300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter
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Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	TP-LINK TL-WN823N v1
Interface	USB 2.0
Connector	Male A
Form factor	micro dongle
ID:0bda:8178 (7 addl. devices) Windows: USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8178
FCCID	TE7WN823N
ICID	8853A-WN823N
Chip1	Realtek RTL8192CU
OUI: none specified
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
Probable Linux driver rtl8192cu, rtl8xxxu (WIP?) (in backports) USB ID first seen in kernel v3.3 (2012-03-18) (see also passys)
Windows driver possibly see Realtek's website, but the majority of legacy drivers have been removed know a better source? LMK
Retail
FCC approval date	06 November 2012
(Est.) release date	October 2012
UPC	845973050696 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B0088TKTY2 ,  multiple uses
Country of manuf	China
Chip1 brand Chip2 brand TP-LINK TL-WN823N v1 Realtek TP-LINK TL-WN823N v2 Realtek

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• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

• Wi-Fi Certified : WFA15475 (as of 07/12/2012)

FCC test results

• Radiated power (with antenna): 104.9 dBuV/m peak (802.11b CH6)
• output power (before antenna): 19.32 dBm peak (802.11b CH6) (85.51mW)

Pictures

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Notes

On card labeled "TL-WN823N Ver: 1.2", Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, kernel 3.13:

dmesg

[ 3107.485232] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci
[ 3107.579112] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8178
[ 3107.579121] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 3107.579124] usb 1-1.2: Product: USB WLAN
[ 3107.579127] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: 802.11n
[ 3107.579130] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: xxxxxxxxxxxx
[ 3107.618544] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x11
[ 3107.695030] rtl8192cu: MAC address: e8:de:27:xx:xx:xx
[ 3107.695037] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
[ 3107.695275] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
[ 3107.695325] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
[ 3107.695397] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
[ 3107.696798] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
[ 3107.698910] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
[ 3107.735732] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay!
[ 3107.771808] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05

iw list

Wiphy phy1 Band 1: Capabilities: 0x1862 HT20/HT40 Static SM Power Save RX HT20 SGI RX HT40 SGI No RX STBC Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes DSSS/CCK HT40 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003) Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 16 usec (0x07) HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15, 32 Frequencies: * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm) * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm) * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm) * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm) * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm) * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm) * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm) * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm) * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm) * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm) * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm) * 2467 MHz [12] (disabled) * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled) * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled) Bitrates (non-HT): * 1.0 Mbps * 2.0 Mbps * 5.5 Mbps * 11.0 Mbps * 6.0 Mbps * 9.0 Mbps * 12.0 Mbps * 18.0 Mbps * 24.0 Mbps * 36.0 Mbps * 48.0 Mbps * 54.0 Mbps max # scan SSIDs: 4 max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes RTS threshold: 2347 Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m) Supported Ciphers: * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1) * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5) * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2) * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4) * CMAC (00-0f-ac:6) Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0 Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP * AP/VLAN * monitor * mesh point * P2P-client * P2P-GO software interface modes (can always be added): * AP/VLAN * monitor interface combinations are not supported Supported commands: * new_interface * set_interface * new_key * new_beacon * new_station * new_mpath * set_mesh_params * set_bss * authenticate * associate * deauthenticate * disassociate * join_ibss * join_mesh * set_tx_bitrate_mask * action * frame_wait_cancel * set_wiphy_netns * set_channel * set_wds_peer * Unknown command (84) * Unknown command (87) * Unknown command (85) * Unknown command (89) * Unknown command (92) * connect * disconnect Supported TX frame types: * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * Unknown mode (10): 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 Supported RX frame types: * IBSS: 0x40 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * managed: 0x40 0xd0 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * Unknown mode (10): 0x40 0xd0 Device supports RSN-IBSS. HT Capability overrides: * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff * maximum A-MSDU length * supported channel width * short GI for 40 MHz * max A-MPDU length exponent * min MPDU start spacing Device supports TX status socket option. Device supports HT-IBSS.

lsusb -vv -d 0bda:8178

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0bda:8178 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp. idProduct 0x8178 RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter bcdDevice 2.00 iManufacturer 1 802.11n iProduct 2 USB WLAN iSerial 3 xxxxxxxxxxxx bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 46 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 4 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x03 EP 3 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 1 Device Qualifier (for other device speed): bLength 10 bDescriptorType 6 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 bNumConfigurations 1 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered)