TP-Link TL-WN725N not recognized

[bergfruehling]

Hi,

I bought a TP-Link TL-WN725N (listed on the supported hardware page in the wiki) for my RPi, but it is does not work. It is plugged into a powered usb hub (when I plugged it directly into the Pi, it restarted immediately, probably a power issue).

lsusb lists it as
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

after plugging it in, dmesg says
[ 1853.301279] usb 1-1.3.7: USB disconnect, device number 7
[ 1855.843529] usb 1-1.3.7: new high-speed USB device number 8 using dwc_otg
[ 1855.945063] usb 1-1.3.7: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8179
[ 1855.945098] usb 1-1.3.7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1855.945115] usb 1-1.3.7: Product: 802.11n NIC
[ 1855.945131] usb 1-1.3.7: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 1855.945145] usb 1-1.3.7: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001

No modules are loaded automatically. I tried "modprobe 8192cu", but the result of replugging the stick was the same according to dmesg. There is no wifi device listed by ifconfig, nor by xbian-config. I use the lastest xbian with kernel 3.6.11+.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Henning