HOWTO: RT2500, etc. wireless cards

[prplhazed]

sudo ndiswrapper -l
rt2500usb : invalid driver

sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

sudo lshw -C network
for this last one i scrolled rapidly through a couple of things including "DMI" "PCI syfs"

As i don't have anything important on here yet, I'm leaning towards just whiping it and starting over

[wieman01]

sudo ndiswrapper -l
rt2500usb : invalid driver
You have probably installed the wrong driver. If you are on 64-bit then you might have wrongly chosen a 32-bit driver, could that be? The current one is by all means the wrong one.

Where have you got it from?

[prplhazed]

I got it from the linksys website. I also have the driver cd, and while I don't know if it's outdated, I'm assuming the website has the newest one.

[wieman01]

I got it from the linksys website. I also have the driver cd, and while I don't know if it's outdated, I'm assuming the website has the newest one.
Are you running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu?

[prplhazed]

Yes, I think so.
I can't remember for sure, is there a command to check?

[hakova]

Hi there,

I am trying to get this work so far with no success. Upon fresh installation of Kubuntu 7.10, rt2x00 modules were built and added into the kernel automatically. However, there was this error message in dmesg and the adapter did not function:

[ 19.938183] ieee80211_init: failed to initialize WME (err=-17)
[ 19.977417] iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_ieee80211_rate_control_unregister
[ 19.977480] iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_sta_info_put
[ 19.977533] iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_sta_info_get
[ 19.977623] iwlwifi_rc80211_simple: Unknown symbol iwlwifi_ieee80211_rate_control_register
[ 20.000346] wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'

Then I tried to go with the ndiswrapper option described here, but when it comes to the "sudo ndiswrapper -i <your_ralink_driver>.inf" part, I get the following errors:

sudo ndiswrapper -i rt61.inf
installing rt61 ...
couldn't find models section "Ralink" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Gigabyte" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Edimax" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Sitecom" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Delta" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Hawking" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Conceptronic" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Billionton" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "ASUS" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "ZINWELL" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "AMIT" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "CASTLENET" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "ACCTON" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Surecom" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Belkin" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "VTech" -
installation may be incomplete
couldn't find models section "Siemens" -
installation may be incomplete
hako@kaymak:~$ ndiswrapper -l
rt61 : invalid driver!

There are other drivers in the CD that came with the wireless adapter (PCI) but this one matches to the model of the card I purchased (Edimax EW-7128G).

The output of sudo lshw -C network is as follows:

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:13:20:2d:37:db
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.77 firmware=5751-v3.23a latency=0 link=no module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:04:01.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 00
serial: 00:0e:2e:e5:1b:b3
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci latency=64 module=rt61pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

I am sorry if this is a longer-than-intended message. Any input will be much appreciated.

[wieman01]

Yes, I think so.
I can't remember for sure, is there a command to check?
Have you downloaded and installed the 64-bit version? I cannot tell you how to check from here...

[Erik.]

Hi wieman,
you got an personal message from me.
i am trying all the day to fix my wireless internet card.
I have the linksys wrt54g card verson 2
i downloaded the driver from the linux site and i did all i could do that the tutorial says.

i go no problems whit installing.
I configured it manual but my problem is cannot not connect to the internet.
My wirreless router says i am active in the network but when i start firefox i can not get on any page i want.
Could someone help me please

[wieman01]

Hi wieman,
you got an personal message from me.
i am trying all the day to fix my wireless internet card.
I have the linksys wrt54g card verson 2
i downloaded the driver from the linux site and i did all i could do that the tutorial says.

i go no problems whit installing.
I configured it manual but my problem is cannot not connect to the internet.
My wirreless router says i am active in the network but when i start firefox i can not get on any page i want.
Could someone help me please
What steps have you done?

Please also post the results of:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
sudo ifdown -v wlan0
sudo ifup -v wlan0
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

[wieman01]

@Erik:

I think you are already on line as you have suggested in your email. Please post:
route
ping 209.85.129.99
The latter is Google.us.

There seems to be a problem with your DNS setting... Disabling IPV6 might help in that case.

[Jhongy]

Just wanted to add my experience with an RT2561/RT61-based card (D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520+ A H/W Ver C1).

It worked out of the box with Gutsy with the included driver (rt61pci). However, the connection would drop after about 10 - 15 minutes.

So I tried downloading the latest SerialMonkey legacy tarballs, and compiled and installed them according to the directions. Again, the wireless worked -- however this time, the computer would randomly crash with no entries in dmesg to say what wa causing it. I initially assumed it was overheating, and wasted a fair bit of time. Very annoying since this is a server.

Finally, I resorted to NDISwrapper with the RaLink RT2561/RT61 windows driver downloaded from RaLink's site. Third time is obviously a charm -- no crashes, and relatively smooth wifi.

I just use WEP, so if you want WPA your mileage may vary. But for anyone with an RT61-based card with stability problems in Gutsy -- go for the NDISwrapper option first!!

John

[wieman01]

I just use WEP, so if you want WPA your mileage may vary.
No quite. If the Windows driver can do WPA, then there is no problem at all. It even works with Network Manager. :-)

Don't use WEP by the way. It is highly flawed, very insecure, and can be cracked in a matter of minutes.

[jocheem67]

I used the serialmonkey snapshot to configure my rt61, no probs here...so I disagree that ndiswrapper should be the first option to get the rt61chipset online.

I guess a lot has to do with setting up your /etc/network/interfaces file. That' s the hard part. It allows you to use wpa though.

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid "Jochem"
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK="you key here"
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up

[wieman01]

I used the serialmonkey snapshot to configure my rt61, no probs here...so I disagree that ndiswrapper should be the first option to get the rt61chipset online.

I guess a lot has to do with setting up your /etc/network/interfaces file. That' s the hard part. It allows you to use wpa though.

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid "Jochem"
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK="you key here"
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up

Now use Network Manager and try to connect! You still disagree?

[jocheem67]

Removed network-manager as it does not like the rt61..using the rutilt utility, just for monitoring....

[wieman01]

Removed network-manager as it does not like the rt61..using the rutilt utility, just for monitoring....
Yeah, that's exactly the point of the thread. A lot of people prefer using Network Manager (for whatever reason). Anyway, good to hear the other driver works for you.

[Thumper!]

sorry i really didn't understand any of it...i'm just dumb though

i need help

i'v got a d-link WUA 2340 wireless USB adaptor and i don't have a clue how to get it working

i'v pluged my laptop into a ethnet cable for now but i really need to get it up and running, help desperatily needed

Thanks, Tom

[wieman01]

sorry i really didn't understand any of it...i'm just dumb though

i need help

i'v got a d-link WUA 2340 wireless USB adaptor and i don't have a clue how to get it working

i'v pluged my laptop into a ethnet cable for now but i really need to get it up and running, help desperatily needed

Thanks, Tom
Hey Tom,

Please open a terminal and issue these commands, then post the results (copy & paste):
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
Have you tried using Network Manager for wireless?

[PriceChild]

Just curious, what's wrong with using module-assistant to compile the rt2500-source package for example?

[wieman01]

Just curious, what's wrong with using module-assistant to compile the rt2500-source package for example?
Nothing I guess. Just a different approach. But you will have to compile it yourself from source, as the current one (I am talking about Gutsy) is defective. See this thread for more (interesting poll):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=594857

I find using "ndiswrapper" easier then compiling stuff from source. What's your experience with it? Also curious. :-)

[PriceChild]

I've always used module-assistant to grab, build and install rt2500, and always been perfect for me :)

[wieman01]

I've always used module-assistant to grab, build and install rt2500, and always been perfect for me :)
Ok... Could you post a link or something so that I could look into the matter? Would it work also for other Ralink based chipsets? Perhaps we gain some more insight here. I don't know why Ralink based drivers have to be such a hassle.

[PriceChild]

I don't have any link... its literally
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo module-assistant auto-install rt2500

[wieman01]

I don't have any link... its literally
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo module-assistant auto-install rt2500
Thanks, mate. I will check that out. First time I hear of it...

Does the driver work well with Network Manager?

[PriceChild]

It seems to work pretty perfectly. I've heard rumours though that wpa can be hard/impossible but haven't tried myself.

[wieman01]

It seems to work pretty perfectly. I've heard rumours though that wpa can be hard/impossible but haven't tried myself.
Do you still use WEP then? I wouldn't unless you have no say in the matter (i.e. your network's security). Anyway, thanks for letting me know. I will definitely try this out soon.

[PriceChild]

Do you still use WEP then? I wouldn't unless you have no say in the matter (i.e. your network's security). Anyway, thanks for letting me know. I will definitely try this out soon.The conditions I'm in mean encryption just isn't an option. It degrades the signal just that little bit too far. I have to just use MAC address filtering at that location.

[wieman01]

The conditions I'm in mean encryption just isn't an option. It degrades the signal just that little bit too far. I have to just use MAC address filtering at that location.
That's too bad. Anyway, just wanted to let you know. WEP can be easily cracked and spoofing MAC addresses is a piece of cake provided that you run Linux. ;-) So your network is pretty vunerable, but of course there are other factors that you need to take into account as you have highlighted.

Good discussion, mate. See you then.

[PriceChild]

That is very true.

However the network is on top of a big hill, a fair distance from any other buildings. Its hard enough getting a decent connection inside the building so someone stealing the connection would have to be on the grounds and very visible. There's nothing interesting on the inside of the network either except for a very very poor internet connection.

[wieman01]

However the network is on top of a big hill, a fair distance from any other buildings.
Haha... That is probably the best defense option there is. :-)

[curldragon]

hi wieman01, First sorry for my poor English :) i am a newer linux user.
i follow your tutorial step by step, But, finaly, i reboot my computer, my wlan0 doesn't work correct.
my lsusb info is:
lsusb
Bus 006 Device 003: ID 0204:6025
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 13b1:0011 Linksys WUSB54GP v4.0 802.11g Adapter

and my /etc/network/interface file include
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp



root@curldragon:/home/curl# ndiswrapper -l
rt2500usb : driver installed
device (13B1:0011) present (alternate driver: rt2500usb)



root@curldragon:/home/curl# lsmod |grep ndis
ndiswrapper 185240 0
usbcore 138632 6 ndiswrapper,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd


iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:06:25:DE:97:E9
ESSID:"curldragon"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:79/100 Signal level:-45 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : WEP-40
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : WEP-40
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : WEP-40
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : WEP-40
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK


all seems correct, but ifconfig info is

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:BF:7D:1B:D9
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0:ava Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:BF:7D:1B:D9
inet addr:169.254.173.211 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1


then i input iwconfig , get this:


root@curldragon:/home/curl# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=-121 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


so, i input
iwconfig wlan0 essid curldragon channel 6
but nothing changed.

What's wrong with me?
Hope your help very much! and thank u very much!

[wieman01]

hi wieman01, First sorry for my poor English :) i am a newer linux user.

People need to stop apologizing for their English, in particular when it's as good as yours... :-)

The scan confirms that your card is indeed working. Please post:
sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
What is not working? Do you use Network Manager for wireless networking?

Everything seems set in fact. How do you plan to connect to your wireless network from here? Which application would you like to use?

[ricardisimo]

Two months ago I filed this bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/163020) in Launchpad regarding RT2500 support gradually deteriorating since Dapper. For those two months I've been meaning to link to it in this thread so that the developers can get more info from more people... and it's just been one brain-fart after another. Anyhow, there it is. Sorry for the delay.

If your situation is at all similar to mine, please post to the bug report with all of your specs. Thanks.

[curldragon]

Thanks wieman01 .
I use "ndisgtk" set my card , and connect to my wireless router bye WPA2, it work correct now! So thanks for your tutorial !

My second question is : How to install the same driver in a Custom kernel? like 2.6.23.1-curl .
The file ndiswrapper.ko is maked into the old kernel modules directory,when i copy it to my new kernel modules directory, then do "modprobe ndiswrapper", system call me "FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found."
so what's the reason?

Nice to meet u Sir. :)
BTW: i like your logo! The same as my ID, :)

[wieman01]

Thanks wieman01 .
I use "ndisgtk" set my card , and connect to my wireless router bye WPA2, it work correct now! So thanks for your tutorial !

My second question is : How to install the same driver in a Custom kernel? like 2.6.23.1-curl .
The file ndiswrapper.ko is maked into the old kernel modules directory,when i copy it to my new kernel modules directory, then do "modprobe ndiswrapper", system call me "FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found."
so what's the reason?

Nice to meet u Sir. :)
BTW: i like your logo! The same as my ID, :)
Ahh... somebody knows Chinese. :-) Nice to meet you too!

You would have to compile 'ndiswrapper' once again with a new 'custom' kernel. I think you cannot reuse 'ndiswrapper.ko', that'd be too easy. :-) Does that make sense?

[wieman01]

Two months ago I filed this bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/163020) in Launchpad regarding RT2500 support gradually deteriorating since Dapper. For those two months I've been meaning to link to it in this thread so that the developers can get more info from more people... and it's just been one brain-fart after another. Anyhow, there it is. Sorry for the delay.

If your situation is at all similar to mine, please post to the bug report with all of your specs. Thanks.
Thanks for the link, ricardisimo. Would you like me to include the link on the first page (in my tutorial)? It would make sense in my opinion.

[phoenix81000]

Hallo,

sorry to say iam a lazy person. I live in a student dorm, in Scotland. And we just got Internet and a very very sexy LAN. Now my friend has his somewhat old desktop here which we have ravaged with XP so we can have an additional work station (read CounterStrike, WOW, IRC-serv, Fileserv) However the PCI Rt2500 sweex card does not want to pick up any networks. It used to, but now it has keeled over and decided to stop working. So either its broken or windows XP has decided to screw me over, there are loads of viruses floating around here. So, as a semi experienced ubuntu linux user i though we should put ubuntu on, see if that would work.. LiveCD 7.04 does not automatically enable wireless functionality.

So here is my question. Assuming the card isn't broken, can i test the card through a live session? Because if that would work we would have a VERY nice CUPS/FileServ/Game-Server which would just totally Rock. Imagen sharing 3 USB external HD's across the network... Ah how wonderful that would be!

Btw, the PCI card is the version with the long wire and buttplug antenna.
Cheers!

[wieman01]

So here is my question. Assuming the card isn't broken, can i test the card through a live session?
In theory, yes, that should work, however, Ralink drivers are known to behave somewhat erratically if you know what I mean. So you might be OK when running the Live CD but I cannot guarantee it works after a full installation. All I can say is "Good luck" for now... but you know where you can post if you have problems connecting. We'll able to help you out.

[phoenix81000]

Well i installed ubuntu on the 2nd hard drive.. no problems. It even found a Adhoc network! YAH so its working.. however it didnt find the normall Public network which i need. Once i started doing your howto it all went to.. well it stopped working. So i reformated and hoping it will work now. So u recommend install the wifi through your method? and whats the difrence between default and your howto?

Cheers

[wieman01]

Well i installed ubuntu on the 2nd hard drive.. no problems. It even found a Adhoc network! YAH so its working.. however it didnt find the normall Public network which i need. Once i started doing your howto it all went to.. well it stopped working. So i reformated and hoping it will work now. So u recommend install the wifi through your method? and whats the difrence between default and your howto?

Cheers
No, go for the default setup, but use this tool for wireless networking:

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/

It reportedly does a much better job, so I reckon you could give it a whirl as well. Don't change anything else.

[phoenix81000]

I installed that program, had to unistall network-manager.. still only picking up that adhoc network. I really need to connect to that Public network.. i check the signal strength with my PSP around the wireless reciever.. it ranges from 55-65%.

Any suggestions?

[miwarlock002]

Does this work with the live cd?

[wieman01]

I installed that program, had to unistall network-manager.. still only picking up that adhoc network. I really need to connect to that Public network.. i check the signal strength with my PSP around the wireless reciever.. it ranges from 55-65%.

Any suggestions?
Have you been able to connect to any wireless network so far? Just to confirm it works.

[wieman01]

Does this work with the live cd?
No, it doesn't.

[Titonus]

I get all the way to installing the drivers, and I get,

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -i rt2500.inf
installing rt2500 ...
couldn't open rt2500.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 181.
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -i rt2500.inf
driver rt2500 is already installed
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$

what am I doing wrong? I have the driver .inf file here on my desktop.:confused:

[Titonus]

Ok, I rebooted after "uninstalling" the driver, installed the driver when booted, and got,

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ ndiswrapper -l
rt2500 : driver installed
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"PCX5000"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:02:2D:55:74:B0
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$


So, now it sees the network is there, doesn't give me any signal strength, and won't connect.

[wieman01]

Ok, I rebooted after "uninstalling" the driver, installed the driver when booted, and got,

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ ndiswrapper -l
rt2500 : driver installed
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"PCX5000"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:02:2D:55:74:B0
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$


So, now it sees the network is there, doesn't give me any signal strength, and won't connect.
What results does a scan yield:
sudo iwlist scan
And:
sudo lshw -C network

[Titonus]

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for daniel:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:02:2D:55:74:B0
ESSID:"PCX5000"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz
Signal level=-52 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000006ceac8317b
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:01:03.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 00
serial: 00:18:f8:b0:5a:8e
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci latency=32 module=rt61pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) LAN Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.17-k4-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.100.88 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=e100 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s

[wieman01]

@Titonus:

You card seems to work, at least there are scan results. But you are still using the old Ralink driver. Is that what you want?

[Titonus]

I want to be able to use it. Haha. Are there new drivers for my card?

[ricardisimo]

Thanks for the link, ricardisimo. Would you like me to include the link on the first page (in my tutorial)? It would make sense in my opinion.

Please feel free, and thanks again for everything.

[wieman01]

I want to be able to use it. Haha. Are there new drivers for my card?
Well, you could replace them using this very HOWTO. Or install WICD which might do a better job in regard to Ralink... That's what I have heard.

[wieman01]

Please feel free, and thanks again for everything.
Thanks, great. I have done so.

[Titonus]

I was following the guide, and I already removed network-manager and installed WICD. This is where I'm at after all of that. I have an old windows 1386 on a CD, which is where I got the drivers. I don't have a windows box to install the driver onto to get a new INF file though.

[wieman01]

I was following the guide, and I already removed network-manager and installed WICD. This is where I'm at after all of that. I have an old windows 1386 on a CD, which is where I got the drivers. I don't have a windows box to install the driver onto to get a new INF file though.
Anywhere eles you could get the drivers from? The vendor's web site for instance? Thing is that you won't have WPA support unless you somehow replace the driver.

This is another option:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=584657&highlight=ralink+serialmonkey

[Titonus]

Any idea what this means?

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
[sudo] password for daniel:
* Deconfiguring network interfaces... /etc/network/interfaces:14: duplicate interface
ifdown: couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces"
[fail]


I think I messed up the interfaces file somehow. Is there a way to reset it, or just delete what evers in it and I don't know.

[wieman01]

Any idea what this means?

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
[sudo] password for daniel:
* Deconfiguring network interfaces... /etc/network/interfaces:14: duplicate interface
ifdown: couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces"
[fail]


I think I messed up the interfaces file somehow. Is there a way to reset it, or just delete what evers in it and I don't know.
You could start by posting the contents:
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
Don't worry, not much of a deal. We can fix this easily.

[Titonus]

here it is.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback



iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid PCX5000


iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid "PCX5000"
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=""
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up

auto wlan0

[wieman01]

Try this instead:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid "PCX5000"
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=""
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up

[Titonus]

ok, that fixed the interfaces file. Networks stop and start returns this now.


daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
[sudo] password for daniel:
* Deconfiguring network interfaces... RTNETLINK answers: No such process
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 5333
removed stale PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on Socket/fallback
[ OK ]
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking start
* Configuring network interfaces... There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 134519120
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.100.254
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.100.254
bound to 192.168.100.88 -- renewal in 97758 seconds.
Invalid command : set
Failed to bring up wlan0.
[ OK ]

Meaning the wireless isn't connecting.

[wieman01]

ok, that fixed the interfaces file. Networks stop and start returns this now.


daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
[sudo] password for daniel:
* Deconfiguring network interfaces... RTNETLINK answers: No such process
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 5333
removed stale PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on Socket/fallback
[ OK ]
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking start
* Configuring network interfaces... There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 134519120
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.100.254
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.100.254
bound to 192.168.100.88 -- renewal in 97758 seconds.
Invalid command : set
Failed to bring up wlan0.
[ OK ]

Meaning the wireless isn't connecting.
Looks promising though. You have received a lease which essentially means you were able to connect at least once.

Please try this and restart the network:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid "PCX5000"
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=""
I have removed the last line. Let's see what the error message looks like now.

[Titonus]

after changing the interfaces file again,

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop * Deconfiguring network interfaces... There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 10142
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.100.254 port 67
[ OK ]
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking start
* Configuring network interfaces... There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 134519120
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:eb:85:3e
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.100.254
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.100.254
bound to 192.168.100.88 -- renewal in 118482 seconds.
Invalid command : set
Failed to bring up wlan0.
[ OK ]
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$


Still no wireless.

[wieman01]

@Titonus:

After restarting the network do you get a response when you 'ping' your router?
ping 192.168.100.88
route

[Titonus]

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.100.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.100.254 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0


All it shows is the hardwire, not the wireless. I have successful pings on the router though.

[wieman01]

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.100.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.100.254 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0


All it shows is the hardwire, not the wireless. I have successful pings on the router though.
Looks good actually. Can you browse the Internet? What if you try to access 192.168.100.254 using Firefox? Do you get the start page of your router?

[Titonus]

It timed out. There's no return for the local IP in firefox. :( This almost makes me want to go back to windows xp pro. I can buzz threw it like it's nothing. Ubuntu is pretty confusing.

[wieman01]

It timed out. There's no return for the local IP in firefox. :( This almost makes me want to go back to windows xp pro. I can buzz threw it like it's nothing. Ubuntu is pretty confusing.
You might have to disable IPV6. Please see post #1 of this thread and follow it. Then restart the PC and open Firefox.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=6841&highlight=ipv6

[Titonus]

I'm not sure what exactly that was suppose to do, but it didn't.

[RostokMcSpoons]

Hi,

Following my troubles with the SerialMonkey rt73 drivers I'm trying your guide, and it has worked... partially.

As was the case the other drivers, I can get the damned thing to work up until the point where I reboot and cross my fingers that it'll just.. work. And it doesn't.

I think my problems now are:

1) blacklisting doesn't seem to work - I still get rt2500 drivers showing up against usbcore
2) it doesn't seem to remember my settings in Network Manager properly, and so defaults to it switched off (which may be related to...)
3) I can't persuade it use the right ESSID - even with sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "SpeedTouchxxx" when I follow that with sudo iwconfig wlan0 it says ESSID is "off"


I really am close to throwing the towel in on this... only geeky stubborness remains, but it's almost been ground away by the remorseless crapness of an operating system with a user interface that doesn't work properly and an obtuse command line interface which seems to be the only way to do anything useful. Allegedly :/

[killerpens]

Worked for me. Thanks a lot. More power to you!

[toarlach]

I'm running Gutsy (7.10) and running a rt2570 USB stick. I think I have everything installed fine. I just don't know how to connect to my wireless network with it.

I tried the menu on the networking icon, my wireless network does not show up anymore (ever since I installed the driver--but it didn't connect to it before the driver was installed anyway).

I also tried iwconfig wlan0 essid "mynetworkname" and still no luck.

Any suggestions people?

[RostokMcSpoons]

I'm going to zap my Ubuntu installation and try OpenSUSE. Maybe that can work with a simple wireless dongle... somethings gotta :(

I shall report back if it works, as I'm sure there are people out there ready to give up on Linux altogether if they can't get wifi to work.

edit: the gods are against me.. the SUSE install failed at the end, perhaps because I couldn't configure my 'network devices' during the install process. So I'm now doing a full install of Feisty to see if that works.
I'm going to stop swearing at Bill Gates and his minions... no-one elses software is any better :(


edit: nope, Feisty didn't work (kept locking up), so I downloaded another version of SUSE (KDE 32bit), and that's a nightmare too...

[wieman01]

I'm running Gutsy (7.10) and running a rt2570 USB stick. I think I have everything installed fine. I just don't know how to connect to my wireless network with it.

I tried the menu on the networking icon, my wireless network does not show up anymore (ever since I installed the driver--but it didn't connect to it before the driver was installed anyway).

I also tried iwconfig wlan0 essid "mynetworkname" and still no luck.

Any suggestions people?
What driver did you blacklist and what hardware have you got?

Please post:
sudo iwlist scan

[toarlach]

What driver did you blacklist and what hardware have you got?

Please post:
This is what happens when I do a sudo iwlist scan...

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:00:C5:F8:13:68
ESSID:"Sweely"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz
Signal level=-76 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000000b6afaac


The "Sweely" is the name of my wireless network, but anything can be put there like "asdf", and nothing still happens when I put "Sweely" in there.

Also, this is what happens when I do a /etc/init.d/networking (all of this being done from root)...

root@csweely-desktop:/home/csweely# /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wmaster0.pid with pid 5607
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on Socket/fallback
RTNETLINK answers: No such process
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid with pid 5695
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on Socket/fallback
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wmaster0.pid with pid 134519120
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on wmaster0: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
send_packet: Network is down
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
RTNETLINK answers: Network is down
run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-autoipd exited with return code 2
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid with pid 134519120
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
[ OK ]

I'm really trying to get this working. Any help is appreciated.

[wieman01]

@toarlach:

It looks to me as if you have not blacklisted the right driver. Please let me know what driver you have put on the blacklist.

Also, please post:
sudo lshw -C network
sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces

[toarlach]

The driver I put on the blacklist is rt2570.
, which is what it is.

Here is the output from the queries listed above...

csweely@csweely-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 190 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
logical name: eth0
version: 00
serial: 00:15:f2:b4:82:51
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sis190 driverversion=1.2 duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=sis190 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

And here is the list from /etc/network/interfaces...
csweely@csweely-desktop:~$ sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

auto wmaster0
iface wmaster0 inet dhcp

Hopefully that provides another clue of why my rt2570 stick will not work. Ugh. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[wieman01]

Toarlach:

Please blacklist this one:
rt2570usb
The restart the PC and do:
sudo iwlist scan

[toarlach]

Toarlach:

Please blacklist this one:

The restart the PC and do:
Okay, I blacklisted the rt2570 usb driver, and looks to me like it still does the same thing...

This is from the 'sudo iwlist scan'
csweely@csweely-desktop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for csweely:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:00:C5:F8:13:68
ESSID:"Sweely"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz
Signal level=-77 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000165a8197f9

I also did a /etc/init.d/networking restart to see if I could jump started, but it did this...

csweely@csweely-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wmaster0.pid with pid 5387
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on Socket/fallback
RTNETLINK answers: No such process
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid with pid 5452
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on Socket/fallback
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid with pid 134519120
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:d0:41:a1:ae:fa
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wmaster0.pid with pid 134519120
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
[ OK ]

Anything else I could try?

[wieman01]

We have not blacklisted the right driver... What device have you got? Could you post a link to the vendor's website or something like that?

[toarlach]

We have not blacklisted the right driver... What device have you got? Could you post a link to the vendor's website or something like that?
There's not that many specs on it anywhere. It's a Netopia 3D Reach USB stick. I'll try and find photos. It comes with Bellsouth Fastaccess internet. This is the link to it below...

http://www.netopia.com/equipment/pdf/3D_R_Wireless_Adapt_DS.pdf

Under Linux (atleast Fiesty), it worked fine using rt2570 drivers...until I upgraded.

[wieman01]

There's not that many specs on it anywhere. It's a Netopia 3D Reach USB stick. I'll try and find photos. It comes with Bellsouth Fastaccess internet. This is the link to it below...

http://www.netopia.com/equipment/pdf/3D_R_Wireless_Adapt_DS.pdf

Under Linux (atleast Fiesty), it worked fine using rt2570 drivers...until I upgraded.
What happens when you do:
sudo ndiswrapper -l
And what drivers are blacklisted right now?

Is there any sort of LED that is lit and indicating the device is connected?

[toarlach]

What happens when you do:

And what drivers are blacklisted right now?

Is there any sort of LED that is lit and indicating the device is connected?
I blacklisted rt2570 and also the one you told me to blacklist rt2570usb.

Yes, the green LED is lit up, but the yellow activity light never flickers. With the green LED lit, that probably means the driver is installed and that Linux recognizes it, but I'm guessing it just can't connect to a wireless network for some reason.

[wieman01]

I blacklisted rt2570 and also the one you told me to blacklist rt2570usb.

Yes, the green LED is lit up, but the yellow activity light never flickers. With the green LED lit, that probably means the driver is installed and that Linux recognizes it, but I'm guessing it just can't connect to a wireless network for some reason.
Please unplug the device, then connect again and run:
sudo lsusb
And:
sudo ndiswrapper -l

[toarlach]

Please unplug the device, then connect again and run:

And:
Okay, I unplugged and plugged it back in again. Here is the output of what you told me below...

root@csweely-desktop:/home/csweely# ndiswrapper -l
rt2500 : driver installed
root@csweely-desktop:/home/csweely# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0781:5150 SanDisk Corp. SDCZ2 Cruzer Mini Flash Drive (thin)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 148f:2570 Ralink Technology, Corp. 802.11g WiFi
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:00e5 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 03f0:4911 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
root@csweely-desktop:/home/csweely#

It is the Ralink device (hence the 2570), and has worked with the rt drivers before when it was under Fiesty. I have no clue why it is not working under Gutsy.

[wieman01]

Okay, I unplugged and plugged it back in again. Here is the output of what you told me below...

It is the Ralink device (hence the 2570), and has worked with the rt drivers before when it was under Fiesty. I have no clue why it is not working under Gutsy.
Please don't forget to post the output of this one:
sudo ndiswrapper -l
That should tell us more.

[toarlach]

Please don't forget to post the output of this one:

That should tell us more.
I did that here under root...

root@csweely-desktop:/home/csweely# ndiswrapper -l
rt2500 : driver installed

Any ideas of why it is still not working?

[wieman01]

I did that here under root...

Any ideas of why it is still not working?
Sorry, I had missed it.

Another question, not certain if I have asked it before, but are you on Ubuntu 64-bit?

[toarlach]

Sorry, I had missed it.

Another question, not certain if I have asked it before, but are you on Ubuntu 64-bit?
Nope, I'm running Ubuntu 32bit -- Gutsy.

Anything else I can do to try and get it to work?

[cheetah_thompson]

wusb54g wireless networking

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am a newbie trying to configure my Ubuntu "Gutsy" PC for home wireless networking with a Linksys WUSB54g card. I've followed this tutorial, but something is still not working, and I wasn't getting any response in the new users forum. I have previously had this Ubuntu PC working through a wired connection directly to my Zonet switch/wireless router, so I know the router is fine and there is nothing inherently wrong with my Ubuntu installation.

Four steps so far:

1. I know my wireless network is working as I can connect from Windows XP. And I am just using 'default' as the name without any encryption. And both lights are on on the Linksys wireless receiver.

2. I have installed ndiswrapper and ndisgtk from the Ubuntu Gutsy CD using sudo apt-get.

3. I have copied the drivers directory from my Linksys WUSB54g CD, and installed rt2500usb.inf driver (there are drivers for version 1, 2 and 4 on the CD, so I chose the latter).

4. I did 'sudo depmod -a'.

Its taken me a lot of head scratching to get this far, the wireless network still does not work, so what should I try next?

Below are the results of running different commands at the command prompt. Its encouraging that ndiswrapper believes rt2500usb is installed, and that iwconfig brings up some information under wlan0. The Link Signal level looks like a small number, but right next to the Ubuntu PC this Windows laptop is picking up the wireless network with Strength: Very Good. Do I need to edit my /etc/network/interfaces file and if so, how should it look?

Under the Network Settings GUI, wlan0 Properties dialog box has Network Name (ESSID) = default, Password type = WPA Personal, Network password = (blank, there is no password), Configuration = Automatic Configuration (DHCP). IP address, subnet mask and Gateway address are all set to blank. My router ip address is 192.168.1.1, but I don't have this set anywhere on the Ubuntu PC. I have changed the Password type to WEP key hexadecimal but it makes no difference.

When I try to browse using Firefox it just sits there with status "Looking up (url)" and fails after a minute or two.

Here are the results of those commands:

(i) ndiswrapper -l
rt2500usb : driver installed
device (13B1:000D) present (alternate driver: rt2500usb)
wusb54g : driver installed

(ii) iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"default"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 08:10:74:0F:26:BC
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Signal level=-49 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


(iii) more /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


iface eth0 inet dhcp



auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
provider dsl-provider

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid default

auto wlan0

auto eth0

[wieman01]

Nope, I'm running Ubuntu 32bit -- Gutsy.

Anything else I can do to try and get it to work?
Last thing you can try is this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=584657&highlight=serialmonkey+howto

It is for the 'rt2500' but I am sure it applies to the 'rt2570' as well.

Plus... User Kevdog is always very helpful. Perhaps he has an idea. Just contact him by PM.

[wieman01]

wusb54g wireless networking

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am a newbie trying to configure my Ubuntu "Gutsy" PC for home wireless networking with a Linksys WUSB54g card. I've followed this tutorial, but something is still not working, and I wasn't getting any response in the new users forum. I have previously had this Ubuntu PC working through a wired connection directly to my Zonet switch/wireless router, so I know the router is fine and there is nothing inherently wrong with my Ubuntu installation.

Four steps so far:

1. I know my wireless network is working as I can connect from Windows XP. And I am just using 'default' as the name without any encryption. And both lights are on on the Linksys wireless receiver.

2. I have installed ndiswrapper and ndisgtk from the Ubuntu Gutsy CD using sudo apt-get.

3. I have copied the drivers directory from my Linksys WUSB54g CD, and installed rt2500usb.inf driver (there are drivers for version 1, 2 and 4 on the CD, so I chose the latter).

4. I did 'sudo depmod -a'.

Its taken me a lot of head scratching to get this far, the wireless network still does not work, so what should I try next?

Below are the results of running different commands at the command prompt. Its encouraging that ndiswrapper believes rt2500usb is installed, and that iwconfig brings up some information under wlan0. The Link Signal level looks like a small number, but right next to the Ubuntu PC this Windows laptop is picking up the wireless network with Strength: Very Good. Do I need to edit my /etc/network/interfaces file and if so, how should it look?

Under the Network Settings GUI, wlan0 Properties dialog box has Network Name (ESSID) = default, Password type = WPA Personal, Network password = (blank, there is no password), Configuration = Automatic Configuration (DHCP). IP address, subnet mask and Gateway address are all set to blank. My router ip address is 192.168.1.1, but I don't have this set anywhere on the Ubuntu PC. I have changed the Password type to WEP key hexadecimal but it makes no difference.

When I try to browse using Firefox it just sits there with status "Looking up (url)" and fails after a minute or two.

Here are the results of those commands:

(i) ndiswrapper -l
rt2500usb : driver installed
device (13B1:000D) present (alternate driver: rt2500usb)
wusb54g : driver installed

(ii) iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"default"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 08:10:74:0F:26:BC
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Signal level=-49 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Hello,

It does look promising indeed. Please also post the output of:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
What driver have you blacklisted by the way? 'rt2500usb'?

[wieman01]

By the way... if all this does not help, Kevdog might be able to help out:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=574501

[kissson]

my alternate method to deal with rt2500 using serialmonkey not ndis
may help some users in some manner
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=671217

[cheetah_thompson]

OK, here is the output of those other 2 commands. I haven't blacklisted anything (not sure what blacklisting is).

:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results



:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1a:70:a9:99:95
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

[wieman01]

OK, here is the output of those other 2 commands. I haven't blacklisted anything (not sure what blacklisting is).

:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results



:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1a:70:a9:99:95
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
Your card has not been recognized. What driver have you blacklisted?

And please post:
sudo ndiswrapper -l
Are you on Ubuntu 64-bit?

[cheetah_thompson]

I tried this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=574501, but not sure what my HEX_KEY is. Is that something I'm supposed to get from my DSL modem or wireless router? Anyway I can get that value using WindowsXP (which is connected to the wireless network fine)?

[cheetah_thompson]

Response of sudo ndiswrapper -l:

rt2500usb: driver installed
device (13B1:000D) present (alternate driver: rt2500usb)
wusb54g: driver installed

I have a 32-bit version of Gutsy (purchased on CD a few weeks ago) but my processor is an AMD-64 bit.

[wieman01]

Response of sudo ndiswrapper -l:

rt2500usb: driver installed
device (13B1:000D) present (alternate driver: rt2500usb)
wusb54g: driver installed

I have a 32-bit version of Gutsy (purchased on CD a few weeks ago) but my processor is an AMD-64 bit.
OK, as long as you are running the 32-bit version we are fine.

Did you blacklist 'rt2500usb'? What exact brand and model is the adapter?

[cheetah_thompson]

Nothing was blacklisted. I thought rt2500usb was the driver I wanted? Or should I be using wusb54g (both were on the driver CD for Windows). The wireless adapter is a Linksys WUSB54G - its an external USB wireless adapter. My wireless network is simply called "DEFAULT" and there is no password (not really worried about someone using my connection here, since the nearest house is hundreds of metres away).

[wieman01]

Nothing was blacklisted. I thought rt2500usb was the driver I wanted? Or should I be using wusb54g (both were on the driver CD for Windows). The wireless adapter is a Linksys WUSB54G - its an external USB wireless adapter. My wireless network is simply called "DEFAULT" and there is no password (not really worried about someone using my connection here, since the nearest house is hundreds of metres away).
Well, this thread is rather specific, so unless you follow this tutorial (first post), I won't be able to help you much. The idea is that you install the Windows drivers which I have highlighted in the first post.

[cheetah_thompson]

A bit confused - I have followed your first post to the letter. rt2500usb was the driver on my CD, and your first post said to install that under ndiswrapper. Since I'm out of my depth, I typed the commands in exactly the sequence you specified. The only step I did not do was blacklist that driver. Last night I did try blacklisting it & rebooting but same result: no wireless connection.

Here is the linksys link about my WUSB54G adapter:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1166859843775&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=4377540888B30&displaypage=download#versiondetail

[cheetah_thompson]

I see the link goes to a menu where the version is selected. Mine is version 4 of WUSB54G.

[wieman01]

I see the link goes to a menu where the version is selected. Mine is version 4 of WUSB54G.
I have got the same device working under Gutsy, so bear with me (also v4).

What driver did you blacklist then? It must 'rt2570usb'... sorry for the typo. My mistake.
rt2570usb
Then reboot and type:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network

[cheetah_thompson]

Thanks for continuing to help. So here is the deal: I blacklisted all the drivers you mentioned in your first post (page 1 of this thread), apart from rt2500usb.inf, since that's the one from my wireless adapter CD. So yes, I blacklisted rt2570usb too. Rebooted the PC. The result appears to be a backwards step. Now with iwconfig, my access point is "Not Associated", Signal Level 0.
The results of sudo iwlist scan & sudo lshw -C network are the same as I show in my last post on page 35 of this thread.
Huge fan of Linux, not of Windows. Maybe I need to reconsider though - took minutes to get the wireless adapter to work with Windows.

[wieman01]

Thanks for continuing to help. So here is the deal: I blacklisted all the drivers you mentioned in your first post (page 1 of this thread), apart from rt2500usb.inf, since that's the one from my wireless adapter CD. So yes, I blacklisted rt2570usb too. Rebooted the PC. The result appears to be a backwards step. Now with iwconfig, my access point is "Not Associated", Signal Level 0.
The results of sudo iwlist scan & sudo lshw -C network are the same as I show in my last post on page 35 of this thread.
Huge fan of Linux, not of Windows. Maybe I need to reconsider though - took minutes to get the wireless adapter to work with Windows.
After blacklisting the 'rt2570usb' driver (which I think is the right one), what does this yield:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo lshw -C network

[ricardisimo]

I'm still checking in regularly, and I'm curious to see if anyone can confirm or deny whether the recent kernel update has had any effect. Also, a quick reminder to everyone to add your 2¢ to this bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/163020) that Wieman was kind enough to pin to his first post. If the developers don't hear from you, they won't know what we want. Thanks again to everyone, especially Wiedude.

P.S. - I've heard something about a "Thanks" button for threads, but I have yet to see one. Where would I find it?

[wieman01]

P.S. - I've heard something about a "Thanks" button for threads, but I have yet to see one. Where would I find it?
There is none, this thread is too old and was written before the feature was introduced.

As for the kernel update, I doubt it will have any impact. The kernel versions 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 will come with a number of improvements with regard to Ralink and the other usual suspects. But don't expect any changes prior to Hardy. :-(

[ricardisimo]

I received an email yesterday from Launchpad that my bug (and almost every other RaLink bug) is a duplicate of Bug 134660 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/134660). The opening statement there suggests that a fix is extremely easy: Just find the right driver at serialmonkey and implement it on Ubuntu.

Is it that easy?
Should I, or could I download/install whatever I need before upgrading to 7.10 (and thereby losing my connection again)?

Thanks again.

[wieman01]

I received an email yesterday from Launchpad that my bug (and almost every other RaLink bug) is a duplicate of Bug 134660 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/134660). The opening statement there suggests that a fix is extremely easy: Just find the right driver at serialmonkey and implement it on Ubuntu.

Is it that easy?
Should I, or could I download/install whatever I need before upgrading to 7.10 (and thereby losing my connection again)?

Thanks again.
I have also heard that Serialmonkey's drivers have become considerably better, however, I don't want to mess around with them, because their WPA support used to be somewhat limited. Plus they don't really support the 'wext' interface, hence you cannot use it in connection with NM.

But give it go... We could try it out together perhaps. I am very curious now... in particular with regard to WPA2 support.

[ricardisimo]

It doesn't look like it's going to happen today, unfortunately. I'm having difficulty finding a "sweet spot" with my antenna. Connection's already low, so upgrading to Gutsy will make it that much more difficult to work. Thanks for the offer of help, though. I'll take it!

[ricardisimo]

Uggh... This doesn't look like it's going to be easy. I've never successfully followed any Linux instructions longer than five or six steps (and that's just copying and pasting), and now this:
Installation instructions for the rt2500 Module

================================================== ====================
Build Instructions:
====================
For 2.4 or 2.6 series kernel:
a. $tar -xvzf rt2500-x.x.x.tar.gz
go to "./rt2500-x.x.x/Module" directory.

b. $make # compile driver source code

c. $make install # (as root) installs kernel module driver

_________
NOTES:

* Driver alias

"make install" places the alias for the rt2500 driver in
/etc/modules.conf (2.4 kernels) or /etc/modprobe.d/ralink
(2.6 kernels).

* Read end of file for FedoraCore3 specific information.


================================================== ====================
To BUILD UTILITY
====================

a. go to the "./Utility" directory

b. run 'qmake -o Makefile raconfig2500.pro'
If qmake command is not found in your system, you can download
the QT tool 'qt-x11-free-3.2.1' or later at
http://www.trolltech.com/

(qmake comes with RedHat 7.3 or later QT Package)

c. run 'make" to compile the utility source code.

d. After all, an execution file would be generated "RaConfig2500"
run "RaConfig2500" to config the driver as you want

================================================== ====================
INVOCATION
====================
Load the driver:

$modprobe rt2500 [ifname=<name>] [debug=<mask>]

<name> is the name of the device and defaults to "ra%d".
If more than one adapter is installed, specify <name> in
sprintf format (e.g. "wlan%d" - without the quotes).
Successive devices will then be named ra0, ra1, etc., or
(using the example) wlan0, wlan1, etc. If there are already
wired ethernet devices named eth0 and eth1, then specifying
<name> as "eth%d" gives the adapter the name "eth2".

<mask> is a decimal or hex number. See TESTING file. Ignored
if driver compiled without debug support.

Start it up:

$ifup ra0 # If using Debian

================================================== ====================
CONFIGURATION:
====================
RT2500 driver can be configured via following interfaces,
i.e. (i)"iwconfig" command, (ii)"iwpriv" command, (iii) configuration
file, (iv) RaConfig2500

i) iwconfig comes with kernel.
ii) iwpriv usage, please refer to file "iwpriv_usage.txt" for details.
iii)copy configuration file "RT2500STA.dat" to
/etc/Wireless/RT2500STA/RT2500STA.dat.
Please refer to syntax descriptions below for details.
iv) RT2500 provides API : RaConfig2500, please go to directory
./Utility and refer to how-to-compile.txt


Configuration File : RT2500STA.dat

# Copy this file to /etc/Wireless/RT2500STA/RT2500STA.dat
# This file is a binary file and will be read on loading rt2500.o
# module.
#
# Use "vi -b RT2500STA.dat" to modify settings according to your need.
#
# 1.) set NetworkType to "Adhoc" for using Adhoc-mode, otherwise
# using as Infrastructure-mode.
# 2.) set Channel to "0" for auto-select on Infrastructure mode.
# 3.) set SSID for connecting to your Accss-point.
# 4.) AuthMode can be "OPEN", "SHARED", "AUTO", "WPAPSK", "WPANONE".
# 5.) EncrypType can be "NONE", "WEP", "TKIP", "AES".
#
# When editing the file, make sure the filesize does not exceed 1024
# Bytes (1kb).
# Anything stored beyond the 1024 bte limit will be ignored by the
# driver.
#
[Default]
CountryRegion=0
WirelessMode=0
SSID=AP350
NetworkType=Infra
Channel=0
AuthMode=OPEN
EncrypType=NONE
DefaultKeyID=1
Key1=0123456789
Key2=
Key3=
Key4=
WPANONE=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
WPAPSK=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
TXBurst=0
TurboRate=0
BGProtection=0
ShortSlot=0
TxPreamble=2
TxRate=0
RTSThreshold=2312
FragThreshold=2312
PSMode=CAM
-----------------------------------------------
syntax is 'Param'='Value' and described below.

1. CountryRegion=value
value
0: for use channel 1-11
1: for use channel 1-11
2: for use channel 1-13
3: for use channel 10-11
4: for use channel 10-13
5: for use channel 14
6: for use channel 1-14
7: for use channel 3-9
2. WirelessMode=value
value
0: 802.11 B/G mixed
1: 802.11 B only
3. SSID=value
value
1~32 ascii characters.
4. NetworkType=Infra
value
Infra : infrastructure mode
Adhoc : adhoc mode
5. Channel=value
value
1~14 depends on CountryRegion
6. AuthMode=value
value
OPEN For Open System
SHARED For Shared key system
AUTO
WPANONE For pre-shared key in adhoc mode
WPAPSK For pre-shared key in infrastructure mode
7. EncrypType=value
value
NONE :For AuthMode=OPEN
WEP :For AuthMode=OPEN or AuthMode=SHARED
TKIP :For AuthMode=WPAPSK or AuthMode=WPANONE
AES :For AuthMode=WPAPSK or AuthMode=WPANONE
8. DefaultKeyID=value
value
1 ~ 4
9. Key1=value
value
10 or 26 hexadecimal characters eg: 012345678
5 or 13 ascii characters eg: passd
10. Key2=value
value
10 or 26 hexadecimal characters eg: 012345678
5 or 13 ascii characters eg: passd
11. Key3=value
value
10 or 26 hexadecimal characters eg: 012345678
5 or 13 ascii characters eg: passd
12. Key4=value
value
10 or 26 hexadecimal characters eg: 012345678
5 or 13 ascii characters eg: passd
13. WPANONE=value - use for adhoc mode
value
8 ~ 63 characters
or
64 hexadecimal characters
13. WPAPSK=value - use for infrastructure mode
value
8 ~ 63 characters
or
64 hexadecimal characters
14. TxBurst=value
value
0: Disable
1: Enable
15. TurboRate=value
value
0: Disable
1: Enable
16. BGProtection=value
value
0: Auto
1: Always On
2: Always Off
17. ShortSlot=value
value
0: Disable
1: Enable
18. TxPreamble=value
value
0: Long
1: Short
2: Auto
19. TxRate=value
value
0: Auto
1: 1 Mbps
2: 2 Mbps
3: 5.5 Mbps
4: 11 Mbps
5: 6 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
6: 9 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
7: 12 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
8: 18 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
9: 24 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
10: 36 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
11: 48 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
12: 54 Mbps //WirelessMode must be 0
20. RTSThreshold=value
value
1 ~ 2312
21. FragThreshold=value
value
256 ~ 2312
22. PSMode=value
value
MAX_PSP Power Saving Mode

23. AdhocOfdm=value
value
0: Tx MAX rate will be 11Mbps in Adhoc mode.
1: Tx MAX rate will be 54Mbps in Adhoc mode.

24. StaWithEtherBridge=value
value
0: Disable sta with ethernet to wireless bridge.
1: Enable sta with ethernet to wireless bridge.


MORE INFORMATION
================================================== ====================
If you want for rt2500 driver to auto-load at boot time:
A) choose ra0 for first RT2500 WLAN card, ra1 for second RT2500 WLAN
card, etc.

B) create(edit) 'ifcfg-ra0' file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/,
edit( or add the line) in /etc/modules.conf:
alias ra0 rt2500

C) edit(create) the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ra0
DEVICE='ra0'
ONBOOT='yes'


NOTE:
if you use dhcp, add this line too .
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'

*D) To ease the Default Gateway setting,
add the line
GATEWAY=x.x.x.x
in /etc/sysconfig/network

INFORMATION FOR FEDORA CORE 3 USERS (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!)
================================================== ====================
While this information is directed to Fedora Core 3 users, there is no
harm in trying some hints and clues in other distros.

Before starting, make sure you don't have any ifcfg-ra* or ifcfg-eth*
that has information about Ralink wireless cards. Check also
/etc/modprobe.conf for additional 'alias' definitions.

If you have any of the files above and/or entries in modprobe.conf,
please delete them now.

Compile the module as you would do normally with:

a) $make

and as root do:

b) $make install-fedora

The module should be installed to the correct location and the rt2500
alias added to modprobe.conf (2.6 kernels) or modules.conf
(2.4 kernels).

Start 'system-config-network',
New->Wireless connection,
Select 'RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (wlan0)'
If it does not appear, well then it didn't work for you :)

But if it did appear then configure the rest of the parameters and
activate the card in the end.

Save configuration and enjoy your new wireless device.
Help!

[ricardisimo]

By the way, the above comes from the README mentioned in the Launchpad bug report here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/134660).
The specific post says:


Hi guys,
I finally got my onboard RT2500 card working under Gutsy on my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo A1630. The drivers that come with gutsy didn't work and nor did ndiswrapper. However, the lastest CVS snapshot of seriualmonkey's driver (http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt2500-cvs-daily.tar.gz) worked great!

So, just download the file, untar, follow instructions in the README of the Module diretcory.

After you are done blackist the old drivers by adding these lines to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:

blacklist rt2500pci
blacklist rt2x00pci
blacklist rt2x00lib

Hope this helps!
Unfortunately it doesn't help. It's all Greek to me.

[wieman01]

@ricardisimo:

See, that's exactly the reason why I don't want to mess around with it. It's plain ridiculous. ;-)

I did not have time over the weekend, so at the moment I cannot help you much. And given the extent of the instructions, I am reluctant to go through the hassle, what do you think?

[ricardisimo]

All I want is for someone to tell me "Just wait for Hardy... that will fix everything." That's all I'm hoping for.

[axamax]

invalid driver message when trying to install Belkin usb wireless adapter F5D7050B. Downloaded driver from Belkin site. followed this tutorial carefully, but when I get to
sudo ndiswrapper -i rt73.inf " i get driver rt73 is already installed

at ndiswrapper -l I get rt73: invalid driver

Anyone got any ideas?

[wieman01]

All I want is for someone to tell me "Just wait for Hardy... that will fix everything." That's all I'm hoping for.
Just wait for Hardy! :-) It should ship with kernel 2.6.25 which comes with new Ralink drivers, etc. So let's keep our fingers crossed!

[wieman01]

invalid driver message when trying to install Belkin usb wireless adapter F5D7050B. Downloaded driver from Belkin site. followed this tutorial carefully, but when I get to
sudo ndiswrapper -i rt73.inf " i get driver rt73 is already installed

at ndiswrapper -l I get rt73: invalid driver

Anyone got any ideas?
You have probably chosen the wrong driver in the first place. Are you on 64-bit Ubuntu or 32-bit?

[axamax]

32 bit ubuntu
It's a usb wireless adapter. I tried both rt73 and rt73usb but no joy
How could I check the driver. This appeared to be the relevant one. The archive was F5D7050v3.exe direct from Belkin site. Is there a better on at serialmonkey?

[wieman01]

32 bit ubuntu
It's a usb wireless adapter. I tried both rt73 and rt73usb but no joy
How could I check the driver. This appeared to be the relevant one. The archive was F5D7050v3.exe direct from Belkin site. Is there a better on at serialmonkey?
The one on Serialmonkey's website is the Linux driver, the one that you have got from Belkin's website is a Windows driver. You can try Serialmonkey's driver of course, but that's an entirely different approach.

Again I recommend you check the driver version and ensure you have got the right one. If all this does not help, then I suggest that you check out Serialmonkey.

[axamax]

thanks I'll try serialmonkey, but it looks a lot more complicated. I've just tried Hardy Alpha 4 but it wouldn't boot up.
Could you clarify one thing regarding the blacklist? Are the drivers added to the blacklist being blocked or suggested.

ie. should the line echo blacklist be excluding the drivers I DON'T want.

[bouncer5]

Hi, I know nothing about linux sadly but I bought a TPLINK TL-WN321G (Driver is RT73 which is another name for RT2500 I belive) I don't have a clue how to get it to work, I know linux finds it which is much better than my last wireless adapter that would not show.

I need help can anyone give me like a step by step instructions please I read the topic but most of it made no sence to me.

[wieman01]

thanks I'll try serialmonkey, but it looks a lot more complicated. I've just tried Hardy Alpha 4 but it wouldn't boot up.
Could you clarify one thing regarding the blacklist? Are the drivers added to the blacklist being blocked or suggested.

ie. should the line echo blacklist be excluding the drivers I DON'T want.
Anything you will put on the blacklist will prevent these very modules/drivers from being loaded. In other words, blacklisting them will exclude them since you don't want them.

[wieman01]

Hi, I know nothing about linux sadly but I bought a TPLINK TL-WN321G (Driver is RT73 which is another name for RT2500 I belive) I don't have a clue how to get it to work, I know linux finds it which is much better than my last wireless adapter that would not show.

I need help can anyone give me like a step by step instructions please I read the topic but most of it made no sence to me.
Have you read the instructions I have posted? And are you a bit familiar with command line?

[ricardisimo]

Just wait for Hardy! :-) It should ship with kernel 2.6.25 which comes with new Ralink drivers, etc. So let's keep our fingers crossed!

I'm assuming I'm going to have to do a fresh install of Hardy, since there is no way to leapfrog Gutsy with the upgrade option. Oh, well... it wouldn't be the first time. Thanks again.

[wieman01]

I'm assuming I'm going to have to do a fresh install of Hardy, since there is no way to leapfrog Gutsy with the upgrade option. Oh, well... it wouldn't be the first time. Thanks again.
Yeah, I would go for a fresh install as well. History tends to repeat itself...

[bouncer5]

Have you read the instructions I have posted? And are you a bit familiar with command line?

I did read the instructions, but I got lost I know nothing about linux, I tryed to follow some instuctions on g***wrapper can't rember what its called exactly, it didn't help as some of the links on the page were broken, I do know that almost everythign I need to do is "code" and you use the terminal i think, other than that I dont have a clue (Alsways beena windows user and always hated it)

[wieman01]

I did read the instructions, but I got lost I know nothing about linux, I tryed to follow some instuctions on g***wrapper can't rember what its called exactly, it didn't help as some of the links on the page were broken, I do know that almost everythign I need to do is "code" and you use the terminal i think, other than that I dont have a clue (Alsways beena windows user and always hated it)
Do you know how to open a terminal window? If yes please type:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
And paste the output here. Enter your user password when asked.

I can attach a screenshot if that helps you. Let me know.

[bouncer5]

I had to add it to a tar.gz archive so I can uplaod it on windows as the file type wont show

[wieman01]

I had to add it to a tar.gz archive so I can uplaod it on windows as the file type wont show
Typo, please do it again:
sudo lshw -C network

[bouncer5]

Just relised that I typed network wrong, Ive attacthed the file spelt correctly

[wieman01]

See... Now you should be more familiar with the command line interface. :-) Do you think you could do the same again by following my tutorial? Do you have the Windows driver files at hand?

[bouncer5]

I have lots of drivers, I have the old windows driver (that jsut works unlike the new one) I have the one from the ralink site, And I have the linux version from the Ralink site also.

[wieman01]

I have lots of drivers, I have the old windows driver (that jsut works unlike the new one) I have the one from the ralink site, And I have the linux version from the Ralink site also.
For this tutorial, you need the Windows drivers from your vendor. If you have them, please give the tutorial a go. Post here if you need help, I can explain things to you if you like.

[bouncer5]

Thanks ive took a bash at im but im stuck

Load new driver module (may not be necessary any longer, but does no harm either):
Quote:
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper


first command tehre was a delay before anythign came up

then the other command dosn't seem to do anything
About the loading new driver? is that what the commadn does or am I ment to do it?

And the next bit makes less sence to me

Add the module to "/etc/modules" to have it load automatically:

Quote:
echo 'ndiswrapper' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

[wieman01]

What happens when you type:
sudo ndiswrapper -l
And what steps have you performed up to now?

[bouncer5]

I moved on to distroying a old Toshiba Satallite, I think im best starting from the begining all over again

When I do this step

Install "ndiswrapper" package without working internet connection (alternatively, install it via Synaptic/Adept):


sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9


What CD do I insert?

[wieman01]

I moved on to distroying a old Toshiba Satallite, I think im best starting from the begining all over again

When I do this step

Install "ndiswrapper" package without working internet connection (alternatively, install it via Synaptic/Adept):

What CD do I insert?
The Ubuntu Live CD that is. You surely have a copy, right? Have you used Synaptic, the package manager, before? You can install the required packages using that as well.

[YeFFreY]

Hello,

Just a feedback from a newbie :

It is not the first time that I install Ubuntu. I had a lot of problems with network from the first install (a few years ago) to the last install (this morning).

I had the Win Modem problem : adsl modem which has no driver at all for linux, and I was unable to make it work... So Adios Linux for a few years...
The next attempt was on a laptop, no network problems but the graphic card was an ATI X700 : lot of problems if you want accelerated graphics... So ubuntu very unstable, lot of freezes... Adios Ubuntu...

So a few days ago, I bought a brand new pc : Core quad, geforce (no ATI...) BUT i bought the Asus Usb stick for wireless, the well-known ASUS WL-167g...
It was not working, could only see my Essid but not able to connect to it. I found a lot of people having the same problem but every one had a different solution : ndiswrapper, rt2500usb, serialmonkey,...
After trying a lot of these, the perfect solution comes to:
1. Do not use network applet loaded by default in Ubuntu, use Wicd
2. Download the rt2xxx that match the version of the Asus usb stick (for me, it was rt2570 from CVS, the stable version is an old old one)
3. compile the serialmonkey driver and install it.
4. blacklist the rt2500usb
5. restart and let wicd connect to the network via 'wext'

And OUF ! it's working...

Tell me that linux is easy... Yeah tell it loud..
:guitar:

[wieman01]

2. Download the rt2xxx that match the version of the Asus usb stick (for me, it was rt2570 from CVS, the stable version is an old old one)

Is 'rt2xxx' capable of WPA/WPA2? If not people ought to stop recommending it.

[YeFFreY]

Yes, I agree with you
I didn't check because, for the moment I only try to make it work... and it's already a pain in the ***...

[wieman01]

Yes, I agree with you
I didn't check because, for the moment I only try to make it work... and it's already a pain in the ***...
So no WPA/WPA2 support indeed?

[ruiruas]

Hi, I own a Edimax 7318usg, wich uses the rt73 chip. It's supposed to have native linux drivers wich do not work under gutsy. After trying a few things, I decided to follow this post and blacklist all the modules listed here. It worked!!!
Thanks.

[Ken_Lewis81]

What with Hardy coming (please test!), which uses the 2.6.24 kernel with in-place support for the RT2x00 via mac80211 network stack, does anyone have an update to this post for the new LTS?

I'm using a /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and comments in my /etc/network/interfaces to make use of the kernel's drivers, rather than the NDIS wrapper. I haven't yet made friends with NetworkManager and so the following recipe will need to be fixed up when NM 0.7 offers GUI config for WPA/WPA2.

The /etc/wpa_supplicant is generated with:
sudo wpa_passphrade $wireless-network-SSID $passphrase > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
and your /etc/network/interfaces:

iface wlan0 dhcp
wireless-essid $wireless-network-SSID
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 ap $wireless-network-SSID-MAC-Address
pre-up wpa_supplicant -Bw -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant

Please replace $wireless-network-SSID, $wireless-network-SSID-MAC-Address and $passphrase with your respective details.

Take care.
K3n.

[wieman01]

I really hope Hardy does a better job here and this thread won't be necessary any longer. Let's hope for the best.

[gfg]

I really hope Hardy does a better job here and this thread won't be necessary any longer. Let's hope for the best.

Dosen't seem like it yet at least. Using Hardy and getting constant freezes with rt61pci during heavy network use. Maybe it will be fixed before final.

[rob_s81]

Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux, I've started using various distro's at work and decided to make the switch at home after seeing what Ubuntu 7.10 was capable of.

I've got a belkin wireless 54g pci nic with the rt61 chipset on it and a Netgear 54g wireless router using WPAPSK with TKIP. Its worked perfectly on windows for well over a year and still does.

Using the default drivers included in Gutsy, the card would connect temporarily but would soon slow to a crawl and drop out after a few minutes and I would have to reboot the machine in order to re connect. I've tried using ndiswrapper from synaptic with the drivers from windows "oem29.inf" and "rt61.sys", and the same thing happens. I've also tried compiling the latest stable version of ndiswrapper and again no luck.

I recently found the ralink linux driver for the rt61 and this how to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT61 and so decided to give it a go, with some minor success. After about 30 minutes following the instructions (bare in mind this is all new to me), the card connected to the router and remained stable with a good download speed for roughly 40mins which allowed Ubuntu to download its updates, after which the system requested to be restarted, after doing this I just can't get the thing to work at all anymore.

Immediately after start up ifconfig only returns the loopback interface. indicating the wireless interface needed bringing up. So I used
ifconfig ra0 up
this brings the wireless interface up but using iwconfig ra0all the configuration is missing. So I used the following commands to attempt to configure the card.
iwconfig ra0 essid "MY_SSID"
iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType=TKIP
iwpriv ra0 set WPAPSK="MY WPA KEY"
where MY WPA KEY is generated using wpa_passphrase.
Now entering iwconfig only the ssid has been set, and the card is still not using any encryption and subsequently fails to communicate with the router.

I've checked both /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat and both still have the configuration I gave them including all the WPA information.

I followed the above mentioned How-to to the letter and I'm pretty sure that I haven't missed anything. I black listed the old driver, and I am using the original rt61 chipset so I have removed network-manager.

If anyone has any suggestions as to whats going wrong please let me know. I was hoping Linux would be a bit of a challenge, but getting the wireless card working is looking impossible.
I'm pretty new to forums as well as linux, so I apologies if my post isn't formatted properly or if I've missed any information off.

Please help.

[wieman01]

rob_s81,

Please post the following:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
sudo ndiswrapper -l
Which driver/module have you blacklisted exactly?

[rob_s81]

I'll try to get the information you have requested tonight, as I've no network connection I hadn't read this until I got to work this morning.

It was the rt61pci module I blacklisted as the howto I mentioned instructed, using

$ echo 'blacklist rt61pci' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

[smo0th]

My card was working in feisty but now it does not work in gutsy, I'm using a phenom CPU which is 64-bits, those are the new variables, I've tried everything in every post I've found since 3 days ago and still can't get my wireless running, my chipset is rt2500, I've tried RutilT, wicd, wlassistant and a serious combination of /etc/network/interfaces configurations but nothing works, has someone been successful on running the card with similar system specs?

any ideas? :confused:

[wieman01]

Have yougot the 64-bit Windows driver as well?

[rob_s81]

Here is hopefully the information you have asked for. Although my situation has now changed some what. I have now managed to get the card working temporarily again, after removing ndiswrapper and using the System -> Administration -> Network tool to configure the card. Unless I use this I can't get the card to configure.

In the how to it says you must take the interface down before configuring it with the iwpriv commands, but when I do this it complains that the interface is down and it won't do it while the it is down, bring the interface back up and it appears to work until you do iwconfig and its completely ignored all the commands...:confused:


$sudo iwlist scan

ra0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1E:2A:57:AB:5C
Mode:Managed
ESSID:"MY NETWORK"
Channel:1
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality:85/100 Signal level:-54 dBm Noise level:-79 dBm
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : WEP-40
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : WEP-40
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:E3:17:B0:28
Mode:Managed
ESSID:"NEIGHBOURS NETWORK"
Channel:8
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality:69/100 Signal level:-70 dBm Noise level:-79 dBm



$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
logical name: ra0
version: 00
serial: 00:11:50:dd:e2:c4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61 ip=192.168.10.5 latency=32 link=yes module=rt61 multicast=yes wireless=RT61 Wireless
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8139 Ethernet
vendor: D-Link System Inc
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:40:05:85:40:dd
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
*-network:2 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth1
version: 78
serial: 00:30:18:72:35:38
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 module=via_rhine multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s



This is a bit screwy as I've had to use the Network tool which has edited this file.


$ sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback




wpa-psk cb2f6fc4782e6a2f8389fd8975c46cc2c7c80edfa1e705108e 17e462bf89afc2
wpa-driver wext
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-ssid rob-router



iface ra0 inet dhcp
wpa-psk cb2f6fc4782e6a2f8389fd8975c46cc2c7c80edfa1e705108e 17e462bf89afc2
wpa-driver wext
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-ssid rob-router


auto ra0



ndiswrapper now removed


sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo: ndiswrapper: command not found

[AdHavoc]

Does anyone know if this guide works with the RaLink RT2600 chipset?

EDIT: This guide works perfectly for me on Gutsy without a hitch! Thanks!

[conehead77]

Thanks for this guide!
Worked on Feisty for me.

I had 2 problems:

- I didnt know where to find the windows driver for the wifi card; somewhen i noticed i could just copy the folder with the driver from my windows partition (C:/Program Files/Ralink/RT6x Wireless LAN Card/Installer/WINXP/) to the ubuntu partition and go on.

- I wasnt able to install ndiswrapper from CD, so i downloaded the .debs from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/
I needed a version for Feisty and it was the 1.38 i think

Now it works and im happy :)

[smo0th]

good point o.o I'll check that

[mikespike2]

I'm not sure how to do the blacklisting part..

I have a linksys WUSB54GS v1. Any suggestions?

[smo0th]

I did install the x64 drivers using ndiswrapper and got:

Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
set (8BE2): Invalid argument
Failed to bring up wlan0.

I ran out of ideas ](*,)

I guess I'll end up buying another wireless card and smashing the rt2500 :-x

I'm not sure how to do the blacklisting part..

I have a linksys WUSB54GS v1. Any suggestions?

blacklisting is to put the drivers in a list so they are prevented from being used by the system, this way you won't have driver conflicts.

[wieman01]

Here is hopefully the information you have asked for. Although my situation has now changed some what. I have now managed to get the card working temporarily again, after removing ndiswrapper and using the System -> Administration -> Network tool to configure the card. Unless I use this I can't get the card to configure.

ndiswrapper now removed


sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo: ndiswrapper: command not found

OK, so you have now removed 'ndiswrapper' and use the native Ralink driver. What's your question then? I have little experience with Ralink drivers per se, as I use 'ndiswrapper'... :confused:

[wieman01]

Does anyone know if this guide works with the RaLink RT2600 chipset?

EDIT: This guide works perfectly for me on Gutsy without a hitch! Thanks!
Great, thanks for letting me know. What driver have you blacklisted? And what adapter have you got?

[wieman01]

I'm not sure how to do the blacklisting part..

I have a linksys WUSB54GS v1. Any suggestions?
What chipset does this model use... any idea? Please post:
sudo lshw -C network

[wieman01]

I did install the x64 drivers using ndiswrapper and got:

Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
set (8BE2): Invalid argument
Failed to bring up wlan0.

I ran out of ideas ](*,)

I guess I'll end up buying another wireless card and smashing the rt2500 :-x



blacklisting is to put the drivers in a list so they are prevented from being used by the system, this way you won't have driver conflicts.
No problem. Let's look at it again... So you are on 64-bit Ubuntu, am I right? And you have downloaded the 64-bit version of the wireless driver as well?

Please post the following:
sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network

[clueless]

Great guide, finaly my usb wifi works!

I found out that to make it work with knetworkmanager I had to remove the lines:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

from /etc/network/interfaces

I am using gutsy, by the way, that had detected and used the linux driver (rt73) but the connection was very unreliable. I hope with ndiswrapper things will get better.

Thanks!

[wieman01]

Great guide, finaly my usb wifi works!

I found out that to make it work with knetworkmanager I had to remove the lines:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

from /etc/network/interfaces

I am using feisty, by the way, that had detected and used the linux driver (rt73) but the connection was very unreliable. I hope with ndiswrapper things will get better.

Thanks!
And thanks for the feedback. What brand/model have you got if I may ask?

[smo0th]

No problem. Let's look at it again... So you are on 64-bit Ubuntu, am I right? And you have downloaded the 64-bit version of the wireless driver as well?

That's correct.

Ok, my output from those commands is:


smo0th@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
wmp54gv4-x64 : driver installed
device (1814:0201) present (alternate driver: rt2500)


smo0th@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results




smo0th@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: b0
serial: 00:1e:8c:68:36:13
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1 driverversion=2.0.7 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.103 latency=0 link=yes module=atl1 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:03:07.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:12:17:63:71:2f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2500 latency=64 module=rt2500 multicast=yes wireless=RT2500 Wireless

[AdHavoc]

Great, thanks for letting me know. What driver have you blacklisted? And what adapter have you got?

I have an Airlink101 MIMO XR 802.11g adapter using the drivers from opendrivers.com. I blacklisted the rt61 and rt61pci (backup) drivers.

[wieman01]

link=yes module=atl1 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:03:07.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:12:17:63:71:2f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2500 latency=64 module=rt2500 multicast=yes wireless=RT2500 Wireless
It appears the old driver is still in place. Which one have you blacklisted? Please try:
rt2500
rt2500usb
rt2500pci
Then restart the PC and post the same stuff once again.

[smo0th]

blacklisted:
rt2500
rt2500usb
rt2500pci

restarted pc,

output remains the same:

smo0th@ubuntu:~/files$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: b0
serial: 00:1e:8c:68:36:13
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1 driverversion=2.0.7 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.103 latency=0 link=yes module=atl1 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:03:07.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:12:17:63:71:2f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2500 latency=64 module=rt2500 multicast=yes wireless=RT2500 Wireless

x.x

[Strates]

I'm not able to get through the first step (the one that doesn't require an internet connection), without receiving errors. I wasn't able to go through the first part of the step, I'm assuming thats because I don't have the file on CD, I'm using a USB drive.

I went through synaptic and installed a previous version of the ndiswrapper, but when I enter the command sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ... ,
I get the error:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?


Any help would be much appreciated, I've just started using Linux and i have no idea what I am doing.

Thx in advance, Nathan.

[smo0th]

I'm not able to get through the first step (the one that doesn't require an internet connection), without receiving errors. I wasn't able to go through the first part of the step, I'm assuming thats because I don't have the file on CD, I'm using a USB drive.

I went through synaptic and installed a previous version of the ndiswrapper, but when I enter the command sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ... ,
I get the error:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?


Any help would be much appreciated, I've just started using Linux and i have no idea what I am doing.

Thx in advance, Nathan.

Seems like you have more than one synaptic session opened, if you are running synaptic and want to use apt-get you must close synaptic first in order to release the lock and be able to use apt-get, this resource can be used only by one process at a time.

[wieman01]

I'm not able to get through the first step (the one that doesn't require an internet connection), without receiving errors. I wasn't able to go through the first part of the step, I'm assuming thats because I don't have the file on CD, I'm using a USB drive.

I went through synaptic and installed a previous version of the ndiswrapper, but when I enter the command sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ... ,
I get the error:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?


Any help would be much appreciated, I've just started using Linux and i have no idea what I am doing.

Thx in advance, Nathan.
smo0th is right. Please restart the PC and try once again.

[wieman01]

blacklisted:
rt2500
rt2500usb
rt2500pci

restarted pc,

output remains the same:

smo0th@ubuntu:~/files$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: b0
serial: 00:1e:8c:68:36:13
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1 driverversion=2.0.7 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.103 latency=0 link=yes module=atl1 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:03:07.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:12:17:63:71:2f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2500 latency=64 module=rt2500 multicast=yes wireless=RT2500 Wireless

x.x
It appears that the old driver is still in use. No idea why. Perhaps it has to do with your system being a 64-bit one.

All I can offer right now is that you compile the latest version of ndiswrapper from source. Kevdog has a good tutorial which explains how to do it. It could work for you.

[smo0th]

Thanks wieman01, I'll try it later, if I get to a solution I'll post it here ;)

[clueless]

And thanks for the feedback. What brand/model have you got if I may ask?
Sorry I just read your question...
It's an ASUS WL-167G.

[Apewall]

I'm trying to get my rt61/2561 based adapter working, followed the guide but after a reboot wlan0 is no longer listed under iwconfig etc.

I'm running x86_64 Gutsy and got ahold of the rt61/256x windows 64bit driver.

apewall@box:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
netr6164 : driver installed
device (1814:0302) present (alternate driver: rt61pci)

I added rt61pci to the blacklist when i followed the tutorial.


apewall@box:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.


[ GNU nano 2.0.6 File: /etc/network/interfaces



/etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp


I'm not sure what else I need to do to get the driver to load.

[wieman01]

Apewall,

Please also post:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
What driver/module have you blacklisted?

[Apewall]

sudo iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't suppot scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


sudo lshw -C network

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:16:17:4f:9b:d1
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:05:09.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64


/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

blacklist rt61pci

[wieman01]

sudo iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't suppot scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


sudo lshw -C network

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:16:17:4f:9b:d1
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:05:09.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64


/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

blacklist rt61pci

That's a 64-bit system, isn't it? Did you also use the 64-bit Windows driver for your adapter? That's crucial.

[Apewall]

Yes, I actually had to have a friend with windows xp 64bit run the RALINK installer to grab the 64bit driver, as it extracts it based on what your system is.

[bundleboy]

Hi guys,

i am new to linux and find it quite hard to grasp every command but could someone explain what is blacklist and why we have to do it,
to my understanding, it's to tell ubuntu not to load those drivers at startup please correct me if i am wrong.

And to my second question, if blacklist is what i think it is (i am probably wrong) why are we blacklisting e.g. rt25** when thats the driver we are trying to get running at startup/ install.

Apologies for my not so smart questions

Thanks
Karthik

[wieman01]

I am new to linux and find it quite hard to grasp every command but could someone explain what is blacklist and why we have to do it,
to my understanding, it's to tell ubuntu not to load those drivers at startup please correct me if i am wrong.
Yes, that is right. The backlist prevents those drivers from loading.
And to my second question, if blacklist is what i think it is (i am probably wrong) why are we blacklisting e.g. rt25** when thats the driver we are trying to get running at startup/ install.
We don't use these drivers, but rather make use of 'ndiswrapper' which replaces the native Linux driver.

Does this make sense to you?

[bundleboy]

Yes, that is right. The backlist prevents those drivers from loading.

We don't use these drivers, but rather make use of 'ndiswrapper' which replaces the native Linux driver.

Does this make sense to you?

Yes and no, Replacing native drivers(understood) and no because as i understand ndiswrapper is used to so called simulate a "wrap" that fits linux but is actually in reality a windows driver that part has me lost... why would you go through so much of trouble when apps like kismet do not natively support windows driver so are we not taking a problem out and then essentially putting it back into Linux making it as regulatory as a windows PC would be..?

Just me and my thoughts please correct me if i got things wrong..

And on the lesser confused note...
Wow you guys really do monitor these forums!!! Wonderful job and thanks wieman:KS

[wieman01]

Yes and no, Replacing native drivers(understood) and no because as i understand ndiswrapper is used to so called simulate a "wrap" that fits linux but is actually in reality a windows driver that part has me lost... why would you go through so much of trouble when apps like kismet do not natively support windows driver so are we not taking a problem out and then essentially putting it back into Linux making it as regulatory as a windows PC would be..?

Just me and my thoughts please correct me if i got things wrong..

And on the lesser confused note...
Wow you guys really do monitor these forums!!! Wonderful job and thanks wieman:KS
Thins is most regular users don't use tools like Kismet, Aircrack, etc. They just need a working wireless device. This tutorial is targeting those very users.

Second, as some Linux drivers have issues and don't work too well (lack of WPA suport, etc.) we revert to using 'ndiswrapper' which indeed wraps the native Windows driver and makes use of it. What's wrong with it? Yes, it isn't beautiful because most Windows drivers aren't OS, however, in many cases that's the last option you have if you don't want to buy yourself a new device.

So 'ndiswrapper' uses the Windows driver and turns your wireless adapter into a Linux compatible device. See this for more:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/

[bundleboy]

O ok thanks wieman understood.. but the thing is i used to use backtrack2 on liveCD but however things were very slow therefore i tried installing ubuntu gutsy becos i heard that the cores were the same btw i am using D-Link DWL-G122 Ver:B1 for which i am suppose to use Ralink's RT2570 drivers but even after dling it and make installing it i cant get it to recognise that the driver is for my wireless adapter its not as easy in windows where u just uninstall a driver and reinstall a different driver all GUI driven.

However your answers are much appreciated and i was thinking maybe could u point me in the right direction of what am i suppose to google or maybe what im doing wrong. [Or maybe a different Thread dealing with this issue]
Thanks in advance
Peace

[wieman01]

This is in fact the right thread... So you have followed my tutorial to the letter? Please post the results of:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces

[bundleboy]

karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results



karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:1d:92:33:e3:14
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=full ip=192.168.1.201 latency=0 link=yes module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:11:95:d4:94:57
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g


karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
karthik@karthik-desktop:~$
{no output}

karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

im sorry i dont know how to use the code boxes :(

[wieman01]

Nonsense... deleted.

[bundleboy]

Ok will do wieman will follow everything again and will let u know the outcome
Thanks much :)

[wieman01]

Ok will do wieman will follow everything again and will let u know the outcome
Thanks much :)
Meiyo wenti la... You know where you find me.

[bundleboy]

sg?

anyways :D

i think i may have found a way to use kismet i am documenting the steps so that i can post it but i need some help.. how do i black list i have tried ur method but when i restart and insert usb in again the drivers get loaded... i wonder what i am doing wrong can u advise please thanks man

[wieman01]

sg?
No la... But I know SG & HK well. :-)

i think i may have found a way to use kismet i am documenting the steps so that i can post it but i need some help.. how do i black list i have tried ur method but when i restart and insert usb in again the drivers get loaded... i wonder what i am doing wrong can u advise please thanks man
What drivers have you blacklisted then?

Kismet won't work after you have done everything outlined in my tutorial. At least packet re-injection won't work as you need a particular patch for the Linux Ralink driver.

[bundleboy]

karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep rt2570
rt2570 190656 1
usbcore 138632 8 rt2500usb,rt2x00usb,rt2570,usb_storage,libusual,eh ci_hcd,uhci_hcd

these are the drivers i currently have on
i did....

karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ sudo rmmod rt2500usb
karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ sudo rmmod rt2x00usb

then

karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep rt2570
rt2570 190656 0
usbcore 138632 7 ndiswrapper,rt2570,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,u hci_hcd
see no rt2500usb nor rt 2x00usb loaded drivers loaded

then i black list

karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ echo 'blacklist <rt2x00usb>' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist <rt2x00usb>
karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ echo 'blacklist <rt2500usb>' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist <rt2500usb>

however when i plug back the device and try i get
karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep rt2570rt2570 190656 1
usbcore 138632 9 rt2500usb,rt2x00usb,ndiswrapper,rt2570,usb_storage ,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

[Update]
karthik@karthik-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 RT2500USB WLAN ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level:-120 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

how come its like this any idea?

thanks again

[wieman01]

You need to blacklist with brackets <>...

E.g.
echo 'blacklist rt2500usb' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Please also blacklist this one:
echo 'blacklist rt2570' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Then restart the PC.

[bundleboy]

ok nvm i found out how to make kismet work i am working on setting out the documentation so that i can post it cool wieman thanks for everything

[magomago]

i don't get this whole ".exe" thing....I haven't found a set of drivers that i could unzip. I tried my brand (MSI) , the Ralink website

I tried to go to windows to see if i could extract it, but they turned out to be straight up installation files


is there a place i can get these?

[wieman01]

i don't get this whole ".exe" thing....I haven't found a set of drivers that i could unzip. I tried my brand (MSI) , the Ralink website

I tried to go to windows to see if i could extract it, but they turned out to be straight up installation files

is there a place i can get these?
In fact you simply need to get hold of the driver files mentioned e.g. .INF, etc. Ignore the .EXE bit for a minute.

Did your device come with a CD or something like that?

[magomago]

In fact you simply need to get hold of the driver files mentioned e.g. .INF, etc. Ignore the .EXE bit for a minute.

Did your device come with a CD or something like that?

i just have a .exe on my cd....no ifs :(

[magomago]

i just have a .exe on my cd....no ifs :(

.inf *


I checked again to be sure...I have nothing of that sort

[wieman01]

You can unzip the .EXE using WinZIP in Windows for instance. Or any other ZIP tool. It should contain all these files.

[magomago]

You can unzip the .EXE using WinZIP in Windows for instance. Or any other ZIP tool. It should contain all these files.

haven't been able to pull it off with 7zip or winrar :(

[magomago]

could you upload the relevant files?

thanks =)

[wieman01]

Well, I cannot help you there. What you mean by saying "haven't been able to pull it off"? You cannot open it?

[wieman01]

could you upload the relevant files?

thanks =)
I don't have them, because I am sure I have a different device. Plus I don't if that would be legal.

[magomago]

I don't have them, because I am sure I have a different device. Plus I don't if that would be legal.

its not relevant to post the dirvers =-= well if everyone can do that, how does it break legality?


and yes "pull it off" means I can't open them

[wieman01]

Did you do right-click, and the choose "open with"? That should do the trick in Windows. Then select "WinRar" or "WinZIP".

[magomago]

Did you do right-click, and the choose "open with"? That should do the trick in Windows. Then select "WinRar" or "WinZIP".

yup

[wieman01]

And it say cannot open file?

Another option would be to install the device using Windows and look for the corresponding files on your drive. I don't know where Windows puts them, but it needs to put'em somewhere.

[wieman01]

Found this on MS' website:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479

[magomago]

And it say cannot open file?

Another option would be to install the device using Windows and look for the corresponding files on your drive. I don't know where Windows puts them, but it needs to put'em somewhere.

the problem is i don't have an extra copy of windows...this pc with the card is linux only.

i could move it out to the other one, but its such a hasssssle

[magomago]

well thanks i'll try some more stuff tomorrow....tisbah ala kheir ;)

[magomago]

Okay so I spent more time looking at this just now.

There is a point missing here - not all .exe are actually files that unzip. There are some .exe files that are simply zipped files with the ability to unzip themselves. This is why you can open them in winzip or winrar or 7zip etc etc.

But other exes are NOT zipped files, or have their own propeitory algorithsm behind what is going on. Trying to open up any .exe in zip won't work unless its actually an encoded zip file

So I have the MSi PC60g which is based on this chipset is one of those cases (and this was mirrored by others in the thread who cannot open their specific .exe) we can see it right here:
http://us1.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/cmu_dvr/MSI_RT6x_RT7x_1.0.0.0302.exe

try to download that and you will see.

Now I went ahead and checked your drivers specifically for the Linksys that you posted. Those were simply archives created with winzip that I could easily open with winrar, etc. because it was a self extracting archive. That is why you kept repeating that we just need to open up the .exe ~ because that is what you have yourself.


So this creates another quandry for those trying the ndiswrapper method (which I would always want to emphasize as a stop gap until we can get native drivers with good quality) and do not have setup files as imply self extracting compressed files - how the he|| to get to drivers themselves :p

I've installed the RAlink drivers on my laptop that I'm using right now (I'm not at home at the moment) but I can't seem to find the drivers and where they are stored (I'm searching at the moment but I haven't out it. The other option (which I'll explore later) is trying to use those linksys drivers directly...but I'm honestly not sure how different the two are~ I would hope both companies are lazy and just follow a general reference board design...we'll see ;)

[magomago]

Okay excellent news =)

Things are a go! I was right - apparently things are generic enough that they apply right across the board!

I followed ndiswrapper directions (doing it your way basically works) but I used the ATTACHED drivers to load it. ANYONE can get these drivers by downloading the WMPG54 drivers for version 4.1 and taking out the rt61 drivers.
It is wonderfully fast at 54MBps now. Be forewarned - I use no protection, broadcast my SSID, and simply do a MAC lockout. So i have no idea if this still works with WPA or WEP etc.

Hopefully in the future it will be supported out of the box, but for now I'll take ndiswrapper as that stopgap.

By the way I have a MSI PCG60 card.

Thank you!

edit:

this is with the latest 8.04 beta as of this edit

[wieman01]

Excellent, and thanks for letting us know. I admit, the section on unzipping the .EXE file is confusing, I might have to ramp it up a bit. But you figured it out yourself.

As for security, please use WPA. Both MAC filtering and WEP aren't secure at all, it would take an experienced Linux users 10 minutes to crack your WEP key, 10 seconds to get around MAC filtering. WPA(2) is the only way to go.

Your adapter should support WPA(2) if you have downloaded the latest driver. Give it a go.

[blegs38552]

Ok - I downloaded the .inf and .sys files and installed the .inf file. What should I be doing with the .sys fie (rtl8185.sys)? As of now, I can get wireless only if encryption is turned completely off. Turning on either WEP or WPA results in my system locking up with CAP LOCK light flashing on and off. Only remedy is to do a hard shutdown.

Perhaps I will just have to forgo wireless for the immediate future for Linux (I dual boot and can use it with no problem in Vista). Hopefully, a reliable wireless solution will be found in the not too distant future.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[wieman01]

What you do with the .INF and .SYS file? Follow my tutorial for example. Just skip this part:
Now unzip the driver archive you have just downloaded (e.g. in your home directory):

[blegs38552]

Following the directions to unzip, I see the following:

Now find the right driver in the resulting folder & deploy it (folder should also contain other driver files i.e. .cat, .sys):

Quote:
sudo ndiswrapper -i <your_ralink_driver>.inf

Make sure it has installed correctly:

Quote:
ndiswrapper -l

The output should yield something like this:

Quote:
rt2500usb : driver installed
device (13B1:000D) present (alternate driver: rt2500usb)

Last but not least open this file...

Quote:
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

...and add these 2 lines if they are not there yet [also try without adding them if Network Manager does not pick up the card & reboot]:

Quote:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

You can now safely delete the extracted driver files & folders. Then reboot the computer and see if you can connect using your favorite networking applet (e.g. Network Manager, WICD, Wifi Radar, etc.).

I followed all of the steps excepting the deletion fo the files. I did receive back the message that you referred to, and see the two lines. Problem is that I am still locking up. At the risk of sounding repetitive, I still do not see any reference to installing the .sys file. I don't know if this would make a difference, but it might. Exactly what steps do I follow to install this (I am a newbie to Ubunto and Linux, but not to computers)?

[wieman01]

No problem, this looks good so far. Ignore the .sys file, it's deployed by ndiswrapper without you even noticing it. You there is no need to install it separately.

Please issue the following commands for me and post the results:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
Are you saying that your system locks up frequently? How often does that happen?

[blegs38552]

neil@gatewaylaptop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for neil:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

neil@gatewaylaptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 14
serial: 00:03:25:42:db:f6
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.18 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.5 latency=0 link=yes module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:08:09.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 20
serial: 00:c0:a8:d8:d9:75
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8180 latency=64 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=r8180 multicast=yes wireless=802.11b/g

A couple of notes - when I executed these commands, I was connected through a wired (Ethernet) connect.

You asked how frequently this occurs. Anytime I try to change my configuration to connect wirelessly to my encrypted network, or any time I try to boot when the wireless antenna is turned on, the Ethernet connection disconnected, and any form of encryption turned on.

[Juhla Mokka]

Hi

I hope someone can help. I am a complete beginner with Linux & so have trouble reading through these threads trying to find out what's wrong.

The original problems was that my wireless connection suddenly cut out eg. bars went white after using it for a while. First it lasted about an hour but then started cutting me out after one minute.

I found out that I may need the Linux driver for my Ralink rt73 wireless card. I followed these instructions http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=564419

But it does not work. Just after the installation i did ifconfig and it showed the new rausb0 where it used to read wlan0. However, I could not connect. After a re-boot the restricted drivers manager told me that the new driver is in use, but when I did ifconfig the rausb0 had disappeared and wlan0 was back. No internet.

Don't know what to do next?
:confused:

[Juhla Mokka]

I saw these are often asked, so posting them:

Note that rausb0 has disappeared! It was there after the installation, before re-boot.

sudo iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:19:E0:10:DA:68
Mode:Managed
ESSID:"censored"
Channel:6
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:0 kb/s

sudo lshw -C network

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:03:0d:78:ba:00
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:19:db:9f:f8:7b
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RT73STA driverversion=1.1.0.0 firmware=514(769) link=no multicast=yes wireless=RT73 WLAN

[Juhla Mokka]

Sorry - I have now posted a link to this question in here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4741109&posted=1#post4741109

[jaycs12]

Not sure if this is the right place but...
first using ubuntu 8.04 with wicd and have rt61 card.
this works for me...

cd ~
mkdir ~/rt61
cd ~/rt61
wget http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz
tar -zxvf rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz
cd rt61-cvs*/Module
make
sudo modprobe -r rt61pci
echo 'blacklist rt61pci' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

sudo make install
echo 'rt61' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

And Edit the right parameters for your connexion

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

[jaycs12]

Not sure if this is the right place but...
first using ubuntu 8.04 with wicd and have rt61 card.
this works for me...

cd ~
mkdir ~/rt61
cd ~/rt61
wget http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz
tar -zxvf rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz
cd rt61-cvs*/Module
make
sudo modprobe -r rt61pci
echo 'blacklist rt61pci' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

sudo make install
echo 'rt61' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

And Edit the right parameters for your connexion

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

This also makes it possible to put your card into monitor mode!!

[Erik.]

Hi,

I have just downloaded the new ubuntu and u[graded ubuntu.
When i restart i do not have any internet at all.

I got a message that i need to install a driver to use for my wireless card but i can not install it because i do not have internet.

I downloade the files from windows and tried to install it but i have an error.

How to make it work into ubuntu 8?

[Partyboi2]

Thanks Wiseman01 for the thread, I was able to get connected!
\\:D/

[backupdevice]

I had also problems with RT2500 drivers.

I fixed it with installing 8.04 , removing networkmanager and installing WCIP:popcorn:

[wieman01]

I am back. Please let me know if your support requests are still valid as I won't go through all of them.

[Erik.]

Welcome back,

yeah mine is still vailid.

I am now down stairs whit my computer wired but i want to work on the wireless network.

I have installed ubuntu 8.04 today

How could i make it work for me?


Edit: what is WCIP? can i use it also?

[ubulap]

I guess backupdevice meant WICD: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ which is an alternative for Gnome Network Manager.

I haven't tried that approach with Hardy myself, though.
In my case, having a rt73 based card, the solution that worked for me with Hardy is go back to using ndiswrapper, since I have to use WPA too.

[TiMBuS]

In feisty and gutsy I could use the default serialmonkey driver that came with ubuntu as long as the router had no security on. Then when my system was setup I'd just go change to a more stable driver (which is ironically usually the latest CVS snapshot from serialmonkey, or an old driver from ralink), turn on WPA, and use 'rutilt'.

However, Hardy seems to have come with a broken driver for my rt61pci, and it likes to randomly freeze my system (with no error in the logs). This method was a good alternative, and works without a hiccup with WICD.
Thank you.

[wieman01]

Welcome back,

yeah mine is still vailid.

I am now down stairs whit my computer wired but i want to work on the wireless network.

I have installed ubuntu 8.04 today

How could i make it work for me?


Edit: what is WCIP? can i use it also?
It really depends on what wireless device you have got.

Please post the following:
sudo lshw -C network
sudo iwlist scan
What hardware have you got there?

[Erik.]

Hi,

I had to many problems whit 8.04 my system does not start good, i made a backup of my files and i installed 8.04 again and now i am on wired network and when you start your computer is says you need to instal drivers and i found my wireless card.
I installed the driver and when i have installed everything i will try to connect

my outputs:


*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:05:06.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:0f:66:1d:6e:b4
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g




lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:F5:FD:0B:C8
ESSID:""
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=90/100 Signal level=-42 dBm Noise level=-53 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000037c93ce185
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:66:51:64:39
ESSID:""
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=61/100 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-53 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000088e78f186



is all this good?

Edit:

I tried to connect whit the network manager but it does not work for me.
What do i need to install to make it work?
I am running ubuntu 8.04 now

[wieman01]

All seems set. You should not have any problems in fact. You have a broadcom chipset, so this tutorial is of no use to you.

However, you can try WICD. Maybe it does a better job:

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/

[Erik.]

I downloaded and, it is a simple program.

It says i am connected to my network but when i want to load a webpage it says it can not be found.

Do i need to set something into my computer ?

[wieman01]

I downloaded and, it is a simple program.

It says i am connected to my network but when i want to load a webpage it says it can not be found.

Do i need to set something into my computer ?
Can you access your router using a browser?

[Erik.]

No i can't

When i search for an network i see it, and i also can see the signal -70dbm but when i want to connect it says i am connected and then the signal is -0dbm...

When i install the old driver should it work for me?

[blegs38552]

Problem is still present after installing 8.04. When my wireless antenna is active on boot, I get a Kernel Panic lockup (I have a screen image of this attached).At this point, the laptop panel lights flash on and off and a hard restart u=is required. Also, since the last occurrence, the lights no longer function.




neil@gatewaylaptop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for neil:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

neil@gatewaylaptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 14
serial: 00:03:25:42:db:f6
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.18 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.5 latency=0 link=yes module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:08:09.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 20
serial: 00:c0:a8:d8:d9:75
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8180 latency=64 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=r8180 multicast=yes wireless=802.11b/g

A couple of notes - when I executed these commands, I was connected through a wired (Ethernet) connect.

You asked how frequently this occurs. Anytime I try to change my configuration to connect wirelessly to my encrypted network, or any time I try to boot when the wireless antenna is turned on, the Ethernet connection disconnected, and any form of encryption turned on.

[bcrowell]

I had my rt61 working in gutsy with ndiswrapper, but upgrading to hardy broke it. The output from ndiswrapper -l looks normal, and shows that the rt61 driver is installed. Can anyone suggest what to try next?

TIA!

[wieman01]

I had my rt61 working in gutsy with ndiswrapper, but upgrading to hardy broke it. The output from ndiswrapper -l looks normal, and shows that the rt61 driver is installed. Can anyone suggest what to try next?

TIA!
Please post:
sudo iwlist scan
sudo lshw -C network
sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
sudo ndiswrapper -l

[wieman01]

No i can't

When i search for an network i see it, and i also can see the signal -70dbm but when i want to connect it says i am connected and then the signal is -0dbm...

When i install the old driver should it work for me?
I don't know what's going on... What older driver are you referring to?

[Erik.]

I don't have any drivers installed yet, i made a clean install of 8.04.
Should i follow the thread of the bcm43xx driver?

[thywolf]

I am wondering if what I am experiencing now in Server 8.04 using native (i mean non-ndis) rt2500 drivers is caused by a buggy support of rt2500, or by something else.
Namely, I am able to startup my wifi card, "connect" to network with WPAPSK/TKIP, but the symptom is that the ACK led on my PCMCIA card is always on, which is unusual. No communication is possible between my laptop and the router, although my router sees the wifi card as connected, and shows the signal strength constantly.

Suprisingly, the whole thing (same settings of wpa-supplicant) were working fine on FreeBSD 7.0, which I was testing recently - without any problems. Plz plz plz, Ubuntu devs.... make the Ralink wifis to work in Ubuntu... like they do in FreeBSD... Both Ralink and Ubuntu are very popular where I live.... ;)

I will switch to ndiswrapper soon, anyway.

Regards,
Chris

[Erik.]

I have the same problem, my led on the wireless card is always on and not blinking.
My router does not see my computer when it says it is connected.
I want to now it the driver + n dis wrappers works on 8.04 i can do i try.
I am using the bcm43xx chip

[wieman01]

I don't have any drivers installed yet, i made a clean install of 8.04.
Should i follow the thread of the bcm43xx driver?
Yes, this would be an option indeed.

[Erik.]

ok, i will try and i will let you know if it helped...

[Erik.]

ok,

I followed this thread:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff

When i rebooted my led blinked 2 or 3 times, now i do not have wireless internet and my led is always on.
Whats my problem now?

My output:

erik@erik-desktop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:05:06.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:0f:66:1d:6e:b4
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes ip=172.27.183.222 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

[wieman01]

Erik.,

Please open a new thread as this tutorial is for Ralink based adapters only.

[Erik.]

oh ok
thanks for helping me here!

[studentz]

:confused:I'm stuck, the device is (RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI), driver ndiswrapper is on , but I cannot connect to the router. I tried: router without security instead of wpa, kernel pci=noacpi, wicd instead of network manager app please help me out.

Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy)
2.6.22-14-generic

lshw -C network
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:11:09:0f:1e:ae
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+rt2500 driverversion=1.45+Ralink Technology, Inc.,06/ latency=64 module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 74
serial: 00:40:45:27:32:14
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 ip=192.168.2.106 latency=64 maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 module=via_rhine multicast=yes

sudo ndiswrapper -l
rt2500 : driver installed
device (1814:0201) present (alternate driver: rt2500pci)

iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 No scan results

[wieman01]

studentz,

Please issue:
sudo iwlist scan
Sometime this command does not yield any results if you don't add "sudo".

Are you on a 64-bit system? Have you got the right drivers? Everything looks OK in fact...

[studentz]

Hi weiman01.

My laptop is 32-bit before I upgraded to hardy my wireless worked fine.
I post the rest of inf.

Thanks


sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password :
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface

auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto wlan0

[bcrowell]

(((Oops -- I meant to post this as a reply to http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4819607&postcount=487 . I messed up and posted it at the end of the thread, so now I'm editing to add this note.)))

Thanks for the reply!

Now it's working, but I'm darned if I know why! The following is a listing of the output of the commands you suggested. This is obviously a lot less interesting than a listing under the condition where it's not working. If it fails again in the future, I'll post again.

root@fluffy:/home/icrowell# iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1D:7E:20:35:3A
ESSID:"crangelos"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=48/100 Signal level=-70 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000090e6a041125
Cell 02 - Address: 00:1B:2F:49:64:8A
ESSID:"JOSIAH080507"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=47/100 Signal level=-76 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000002a16734e144

root@fluffy:/home/icrowell# lshw -C network
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 00
serial: 00:1c:10:e3:5c:85
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci ip=192.168.1.104 latency=32 module=rt61pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1d:7d:20:30:0a
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s

root@fluffy:/home/icrowell# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
root@fluffy:/home/icrowell# ndiswrapper -l
rt61 : driver installed
device (1814:0301) present (alternate driver: rt61pci)