Getting an RTL8192 worrking

[ab1jx]

ip a says:

Code:

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether de:0a:fc:15:fc:d9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::dc0a:fcff:fe15:fcd9/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlx48022a9d4d57: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 2e:31:c8:66:35:14 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Flagged as up with no carrier.  I run my wifi open, no password.  Usually my simple interfaces file just works without any password junk.  This ip a was done with the stock one.

I hope I don't have to live with that name forever.  Looks like it's 12 hexadecimal digits with wlx in front, like some sort of pointer.