rtl8185 chipset wlan pci adapters

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Would anyone know which companies are selling wlan pci adapters with
rtl8185 chipset?

Thanks.
 
Would anyone know which companies are selling wlan pci adapters with
rtl8185 chipset?

Thanks.
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If you download a driver from Realtek, there aren't many entries in
the INF. This implies that exact chip was not too popular. Now, maybe
Surecom made them under contract for other companies, and they made
their way to retail that way. But it doesn't look too promising. I
saw one reference to a device using that chip, being on "clearance
sale", late last year. So perhaps "that ship has sailed", as it were.

[Realtek]
%RTL8185.DeviceDesc% = RTL8185.ndi, PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8185&REV_20
%RTL8185.DeviceDesc% = RTL8185.ndi, PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8185&SUBSYS_818510EC&REV_20
%RTL8185.DeviceDesc% = RTL8185.ndi, PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8185&SUBSYS_616518E8

[Surecom]
%RTL8185.DeviceDesc_SURECOME_EP9321% = RTL8185.ndi, PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8185&SUBSYS_13F210BD&REV_20
%RTL8185.DeviceDesc_SURECOME_EP9428% = RTL8185.ndi, PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8185&SUBSYS_14F210BD&REV_20

I also found reference to a Linux driver, but unfortunately, they lumped
more than one chip into the same driver, meaning there isn't positive
identification of the exact chip you want. And as near as I can guess from
the device list here, only the Realtek reference designs are listed
on this page.

http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/

"Linux driver for Realtek's Wi-Fi cards
rtl8180 + [sa2400/grf5101/max2820]
[rtl8185/rtl8187] + rtl8225"

Paul
 
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