RT5370 STA USB wireless adapter driver installation

[matthewh3]

Where did you enter your password? After modprobe and exit it just returned me to the terminal prompt.

In the desktop network manager.

[minamitek]

Darn, something must have gone wrong after all then. Funny, I didn't get any error messages during the build process.

[chili555]

Darn, something must have gone wrong after all then. Funny, I didn't get any error messages during the build process.

Let's troubleshoot. Please run and post:

sudo modprobe rt5370sta
lsmod | grep rt5
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig

Thanks.

[minamitek]

Many thanks, the help is much appreciated.
entering lsmod | grep rt5 got a result:

rt5370sta       801203  0

But when I typed iwlist wlan0 scan, I got

wlan0   interface doesn't support scanning

and iwconfig gave me

lo    no wireless extensions.
eth0  no wireless extensions.

Now... it's possible I'm way off track & trying to use the wrong device with this driver. lsusb lists it as a PLANEX GW-USMicroN which I'm sure is a Ralink chipset. I've been using it for years on an old Mac laptop with Ralink's OSX driver & it works fine. Just no joy this time around, unfortunately.

[chili555]

Now... it's possible I'm way off track & trying to use the wrong device with this driver. lsusb lists it as a PLANEX GW-USMicroN which I'm sure is a Ralink chipset.

Entirely possible. Let's have a look at:

lsusb

We need to see details, please.

[minamitek]

Here we go:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0566:3107 Monterey International Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c069 Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2019:ed14 PLANEX GW-USMicroN

Device 005 being the dongle I'm trying to shoehorn into this system. Maybe time to get a newer device...

[mindlessgr]

Hello guys, i have searched very much about this device, i have written a howto on my blog, you can check if you want.
http://wp.mindless.gr/2012/02/instal...ebian-squeeze/

hope this helps someone

[mindlessgr]

Try: iwpriv ra0 get_site_survey

Many thanks, the help is much appreciated.
entering lsmod | grep rt5 got a result:

rt5370sta       801203  0

But when I typed iwlist wlan0 scan, I got

wlan0   interface doesn't support scanning

and iwconfig gave me

lo    no wireless extensions.
eth0  no wireless extensions.

Now... it's possible I'm way off track & trying to use the wrong device with this driver. lsusb lists it as a PLANEX GW-USMicroN which I'm sure is a Ralink chipset. I've been using it for years on an old Mac laptop with Ralink's OSX driver & it works fine. Just no joy this time around, unfortunately.

[chili555]

Hello guys, i have searched very much about this device, i have written a howto on my blog, you can check if you want.
http://wp.mindless.gr/2012/02/instal...ebian-squeeze/

hope this helps someone

Your blog says you have:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

minamitek has this:

ID 2019:ed14 PLANEX GW-USMicroN

rt5370sta does not claim this device.

Googling your device suggests several (possibly conflicting) ways to get this going. Let's try rt5370sta first. Please go to the files you extracted as a part of compiling the driver. Open common/rtusb_dev_id.c with any text editor; gedit or nano, for example. Scroll down to the section below and add the highlighted text. Punctuation, brackets, spacing, etc. are crucial. Type carefully and proofread twice. After the changes are made, be sure to save and close the text editor.

#ifdef RT5370
	{USB_DEVICE(0x148F,0x5370)}, /* Ralink 5370 */
        {USB_DEVICE(0x2019,0xED14)}, /* PLANEX */	
	{USB_DEVICE(0x148F,0x5372)}, /* Ralink 5370 */	
	{USB_DEVICE(0x13D3,0x3365)}, /* Azurewave */
	{USB_DEVICE(0x13D3,0x3329)}, /* Azurewave */
#endif // RT5370 //

Now we must recompile:

cd Desktop/RT3070etc.  <--or wherever you extracted the files
sudo su
modprobe -r rt5370sta
make clean
make
make install
modprobe rt5370sta
exit

Any improvement?

[mindlessgr]

You are right chili555, i didnt notice the device id, just posted here trying to help people with the same problem with me, and the subject says that this thread is for the same module as mine.



HTH