use USB WiFi dongle on TF201 - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Hi folks!
one user ask if there is a method for using USB WiFi dongle on TF201, I've a working WG111v3 [RTL8187] which i use for connect when signal is weak, sniffing wifi packets , dump WPA handshakes and make some love ;P.
however i get all this working on TF201 by compile the kernel modules.
because not all users have a chroot with a stock kernel tree, i think to realease a package with all these modules inside.
so, for extract the modules from the package :
tar xzf wifi_ko.tar.gz -C path/to/
or
tar xjf wifi_ko.tar.bz2 -C path/to/
and all you have to do for use the wifi dongle is:
1) open termianl emulator
2) su
3) insmod path/to/module.ko
4) ifconfig wlan1 up
5) wpa_supplicant -i wlan1 -c /path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
6) dhcpcd wlan1
i suppose that the new device is wlan1.
the step 5 and 6 is for connecting to a wireless Access Point, but if you use the dongle for other purposes just skip these.
I make these modules with debug information, so, if you have some problem look at `dmesg | grep "$module" ' output.
for a working wpa_supplicant.conf file take the /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf and remove extra information such as device-id and other android stuff.
Here you are the packages: ( if someone want to upload to another hoster will be better )
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0RHupHzEorHWkRheUMxNjRPTGc
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0RHupHzEorHZ21NZ3dTNzNHYTQ
Hope this help.
Regeards.
( sorry for my doggish english , i will update it soon )

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tux_mind said:
Hi folks!
one user ask if there is a method for using USB WiFi dongle on TF201, I've a working WG111v3 [RTL8187] which i use for connect when signal is weak, sniffing wifi packets , dump WPA handshakes and make some love ;P.
however i get all this working on TF201 by compile the kernel modules.
because not all users have a chroot with a stock kernel tree, i think to realease a package with all these modules inside.
so, for extract the modules from the package :
tar xzf wifi_ko.tar.gz -C path/to/
or
tar xjf wifi_ko.tar.bz2 -C path/to/
and all you have to do for use the wifi dongle is:
1) open termianl emulator
2) su
3) insmod path/to/module.ko
4) ifconfig wlan1 up
5) wpa_supplicant -i wlan1 -c /path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
6) dhcpcd wlan1
i suppose that the new device is wlan1.
the step 5 and 6 is for connecting to a wireless Access Point, but if you use the dongle for other purposes just skip these.
I make these modules with debug information, so, if you have some problem look at `dmesg | grep "$module" ' output.
for a working wpa_supplicant.conf file take the /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf and remove extra information such as device-id and other android stuff.
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is it possible to use this on Aurora 2??? thanks for the post!

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This is great.. But have a question
tux_mind said:
Hi folks!
one user ask if there is a method for using USB WiFi dongle on TF201, I've a working WG111v3 [RTL8187] which i use for connect when signal is weak, sniffing wifi packets , dump WPA handshakes and make some love ;P.
however i get all this working on TF201 by compile the kernel modules.
because not all users have a chroot with a stock kernel tree, i think to realease a package with all these modules inside.
so, for extract the modules from the package :
tar xzf wifi_ko.tar.gz -C path/to/
or
tar xjf wifi_ko.tar.bz2 -C path/to/
and all you have to do for use the wifi dongle is:
1) open termianl emulator
2) su
3) insmod path/to/module.ko
4) ifconfig wlan1 up
5) wpa_supplicant -i wlan1 -c /path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
6) dhcpcd wlan1
i suppose that the new device is wlan1.
the step 5 and 6 is for connecting to a wireless Access Point, but if you use the dongle for other purposes just skip these.
I make these modules with debug information, so, if you have some problem look at `dmesg | grep "$module" ' output.
for a working wpa_supplicant.conf file take the /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf and remove extra information such as device-id and other android stuff.
Hope this help.
Regeards.
( sorry for my doggish english , i will update it soon )
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What kernel did you use to compile these drivers on?

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Cannot insmod
Hello,
could you please answer what kernel version is this working with? Any chance you could re-compile with newest kernel? When trying to ismod, I'm getting error:
insmod: init_module '...path...' failed (No such file or directory)
Before you ask - yes, the path is correct, just init_module returns non-zero.
Thanks for any help,
Martin

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Is it possible to have a Atheros AR9271 driver?
I tried all athXX.ko, but "init_module '...path...' failed (No such file or directory)"always happened.
tux_mind said:
Hi folks!
one user ask if there is a method for using USB WiFi dongle on TF201, I've a working WG111v3 [RTL8187] which i use for connect when signal is weak, sniffing wifi packets , dump WPA handshakes and make some love ;P.
however i get all this working on TF201 by compile the kernel modules.
because not all users have a chroot with a stock kernel tree, i think to realease a package with all these modules inside.
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Click to collapse

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tennyleaz said:
Is it possible to have a Atheros AR9271 driver?
I tried all athXX.ko, but "init_module '...path...' failed (No such file or directory)"always happened.
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if i remember fine you need the ath9k or the ath9k_htc module.
btw the main trouble is that the module fails to load the device firmware.
it is probably due to wrong path.
module was probably compiled with "/system/lib/firmware/htc_9271.fw" but you have "/lib/firmware/htc_9271.fw".
please check dmesg immediately after the modprobe, you will see the path used by the module.
i solved by doing a symlink from /system/lib to /lib.
sorry for late replies but i never comes on XDA.

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i read now all the previous questions.
the kernel i use is this: https://github.com/tux-mind/tf201-kernel

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insmod
Like a previous post I am getting: init_module rtl8192ce.ko failed (no such file or directory)
1) I could not find a path/to so I just made one on the MicroSD and extracted the files.
2) I am executing insmod rtl8192ce.ko from the path/to/ directory
3) To me the issue is that the insmod is trying to write to a location that does not exist.
4) Per a previous post I added a directory "firmware" under system/lib still no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.