Problems installing TP-Link wn321g v4 adapter

[fencer]

ok here I go:

marian@marian-laptop:~$ rfkill list all
marian@marian-laptop:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
[sudo] password for marian: 
marian@marian-laptop:~$ rfkill list all
marian@marian-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network:0 DISABLED    
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 05
       serial: 00:12:f0:cb:c1:b4
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.5.27 (Dec 12 2007) latency=64 link=no maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 multicast=yes wireless=radio off
       resources: irq:21 memory:d0000000-d0000fff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: e
       bus info: pci@0000:02:0e.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:14:38:12:eb:be
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.3 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:16 memory:d000e000-d000ffff
marian@marian-laptop:~$

[chili555]

Let's keep the driver from working to enable the ipw2200 which is probably interfering with the TP-Link.

sudo su
echo "blacklist ipw2200" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
rmmod -f ipw2200
exit
iwconfig

Any improvement? Thanks.

[fencer]

marian@marian-laptop:~$ sudo su
[sudo] password for marian: 
root@marian-laptop:/home/marian# echo "blacklist ipw2200" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
root@marian-laptop:/home/marian# rmmod -f ipw2200
root@marian-laptop:/home/marian# exit
exit
marian@marian-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

marian@marian-laptop:~$

let me reboot and let you know

[fencer]

nothing u_u

before all this happened both (ralink and PRO/Wireless 2200BG) appeared gray out and I couldn't select them

[chili555]

Let's see what's (not) going on under the hood:

dmesg | grep -i rt2
lsmod | grep rt2

[fencer]

thanks a lot bro here is the output:

marian@marian-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep -i rt2
[   12.606369] rt2870sta: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   12.617149] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870
marian@marian-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep rt2
rt2870sta             461811  0 
marian@marian-laptop:~$

what should (or shouldn't) I do next?

[fencer]

he he by the way it is not solved yet, when you have time please lets continue where we left it.

Thanks in advanced

David

[chili555]

I wonder if you have an older kernel and therefor an older version of rt2870sta that doesn't support your device. Let's check:

uname -r
modinfo rt2870sta | grep -e version -e 2070

Thanks.

[fencer]

here is the output

marian@marian-laptop:~$ uname -r
2.6.32-24-generic
marian@marian-laptop:~$ modinfo rt2870sta | grep -e version -e 2070
version:        2.0.1.0
srcversion:     169A56F8E0E6AA9C2B2FD02
vermagic:       2.6.32-24-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586 
marian@marian-laptop:~$

it might be that since i don't want to go with the full upgrade, because Ive done that 2 times and the computer freezes completely

[chili555]

2.6.32-24-generic

Ah, ha!!! An older kernel and the device is not supported. Pretty good guess, eh? This will be a long shot, but let's try it.

Remove the device and in a terminal, do:

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/network_drivers.rules

Add one long line:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="148f", ATTR{idProduct}=="2070", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -qba rt2870sta"

Caps, brackets, punctuation, etc. are crucial. Proofread twice, save and close gedit.

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/network_drivers.conf

Add one long single line:

install rt2870sta /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install rt2870sta $CMDLINE_OPTS; /bin/echo "148f 2070" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id

Proofread twice, save and close gedit. Insert the device. If it doesn't start immediately, you might have to do:

sudo modprobe rt2870sta