My RTL8188SU usb stick sucks :(

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 09:47:56AM -0400, Weedy wrote:
> How do I make this stick suck less? I was sitting in the same room as my
> AP when I ran the scan. My atheros card picks up 2 strong APs plus my
> own, and 4-7 others of varying strengths.
> Not even a directional antenna lists more networks.
> 
> 3.15.9

Why use such an old and obsolete kernel version?

> [I] sys-kernel/linux-firmware
>      Installed versions:  20140809(06:30:29 AM 07/09/14)(-savedconfig)

And this is a "staging" driver, be happy it even works at all on Linux
:)

good luck,

greg k-h