Comment 25 for bug 508746

I got that driver, too, (on lucid 64 bit) and I don't find it usable.
One of my email-accounts always gives me a time-out error and firefox
takes ages to connect to each page and also sometimes gives timeout
errors. As long as there is no updated version, it is no option for me.

mcguire schrieb:
> I've read on this forum thread :
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1239342&page=8 that Realtek
> sends by mail a driver compatible with 64bits to people who contact the
> support.
>
> I mailed them today and Realtek (kidman) sends me the driver v14 which
> works on 64 bits (tested on kubuntu lucid). It facts, this is the same
> driver for 32 and 64 bits but older versions only work on 32 bits (prior
> to v13 I think as both v13 and v14 work on 64 bits).
>
> On my Samsung R580 laptop, it disconnects often but it is usable. When
> it disconnects, sometimes, it can not reconnect automatically so I have
> to unload the module and reload it, then it works again for some time.
>
> I've attached it.
>
> Hope this help
>
> ** Attachment added: "Driver v14 from Realtek"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44443736/rtl8192e_linux_2.6.0014.0401.2010.tar.gz
>