ok grazie , ho trovato questo:
Software Package:
8712 linux driver (source code)
- support linux kernel version 2.6
8712 documents
PC-Based Linux platform (i386)
8712 USB Linux driver supports Linux kernel version
: from 2.6.18 ~ 2.6.33
Part 1: make 8712 USB Linux driver
(1) step1: uncompress the “rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.

.2010xxxx.tar.gz” file. (in “driver” directory)
> tar zxvf rtl8712_8188_8191_8192SU_usb_linux_v2.6.6.0.20100930.tar.gz
(2) step2: make 8712 USB driver module
> make
(3) step3: clean the operation environment
> ./clean
(4) step4: insert 8712 USB modules
> insmod 8712u.ko
(5) step5: enable wlan0 interface
> ifconfig wlan0 up
(6) step6: setup IP address
> ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.100
Part 2: Site Survey & connect to AP without security
step1: Site Survey
> iwlist wlan0 scan
(2) step2: Connect to AP
> iwconfig wlan0 essid “xxx”
Notes: connect to AP using "Network Manager" GUI utility
(a) Network Manager is a utility attempts to make use of wireless networking easy.
(b) please disable the “Network Manager” when using command-line method to connect to AP, because the “Network Manager” will conflict with the method of command line.
sono andato nel terminale dopo aver decompresso la cartella(step1) e ho digitato
alex@alex-desktop:~$ cd /home/alex/ciao/driver
alex@alex-desktop:~/ciao/driver$ make
make ARCH=i386 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-25-generic-pae/build M=/home/alex/ciao/driver modules
make[1]: ingresso nella directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-25-generic-pae"
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/cmd/rtl871x_cmd.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/cmd/rtl8712_cmd.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/crypto/rtl871x_security.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/debug/rtl871x_debug.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/eeprom/rtl871x_eeprom.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/efuse/rtl8712_efuse.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/hal/rtl8712/hal_init.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/hal/rtl8712/usb_ops.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/hal/rtl8712/usb_ops_linux.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/hal/rtl8712/usb_halinit.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/io/rtl871x_io.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/io/rtl8712_io.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/ioctl/rtl871x_ioctl_query.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/ioctl/rtl871x_ioctl_set.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/ioctl/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.o
/home/alex/ciao/driver/ioctl/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c: In function ‘r871x_wx_set_priv’:
/home/alex/ciao/driver/ioctl/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c

warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/ioctl/rtl871x_ioctl_rtl.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/led/rtl8712_led.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/mlme/ieee80211.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/mlme/rtl871x_mlme.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/mp/rtl871x_mp.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/mp/rtl871x_mp_ioctl.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_dep/linux/io_linux.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_dep/linux/xmit_linux.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_dep/linux/cmd_linux.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_dep/linux/mlme_linux.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_dep/linux/recv_linux.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_intf/osdep_service.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_intf/linux/os_intfs.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/os_intf/linux/usb_intf.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/pwrctrl/rtl871x_pwrctrl.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/recv/rtl871x_recv.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/recv/rtl8712_recv.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/rf/rtl871x_rf.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/rf/rtl8712_rf.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/sta_mgt/rtl871x_sta_mgt.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/xmit/rtl871x_xmit.o
CC [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/xmit/rtl8712_xmit.o
LD [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/8712u.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/alex/ciao/driver/8712u.mod.o
LD [M] /home/alex/ciao/driver/8712u.ko
make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-25-generic-pae"
solo che poi non so andare avanti
scusa sono molto inesperto grazie x l'aiuto
