dwp0980
April 22nd, 2008, 10:10 AM
Hi,
I have Gutsy installed successfully (I think) on my PC (64bit version) and on my laptop (x86). I'm having problems with my wireless on my laptop.
The laptop is an Advent 7109A, and from what I can tell from searching specifications on the net, the wireless adapter is a Ralink RT2500. I know there's an open bug in Gutsy around the RT2x00 adapters, and I've been trying to get it to work properly using the various HOW2s on this forum, but without success.
Symptoms are -
* Slow speeds (max of 6Mbits) even when right next to the router. I know the router/adapter are capable of more, as I could get 48Mbits in Windows.
* Seemingly random disconnects. I think it's related to doing something specific on the internet, but I can't seem to see a pattern. When it disconnects, I have to reboot the router to get the wireless back working.
Anyway, I thought I'd go back to basics.
How do I find out what driver is being used for the wireless? The HOW2s talk about blacklisting rt2500pci, but I don't think this is being used. There's nothing that looks like a wireless entry in the output of lspci and if I do
lsmod | grep rt
I don't get anything related to rt2500. There are some rt2x00 entries, but I can't seem to blacklist them.
Any help/guidance greatly received. I thought of trying Hardy, but it appears that the bug hasn't been fixed in that yet.
I have Gutsy installed successfully (I think) on my PC (64bit version) and on my laptop (x86). I'm having problems with my wireless on my laptop.
The laptop is an Advent 7109A, and from what I can tell from searching specifications on the net, the wireless adapter is a Ralink RT2500. I know there's an open bug in Gutsy around the RT2x00 adapters, and I've been trying to get it to work properly using the various HOW2s on this forum, but without success.
Symptoms are -
* Slow speeds (max of 6Mbits) even when right next to the router. I know the router/adapter are capable of more, as I could get 48Mbits in Windows.
* Seemingly random disconnects. I think it's related to doing something specific on the internet, but I can't seem to see a pattern. When it disconnects, I have to reboot the router to get the wireless back working.
Anyway, I thought I'd go back to basics.
How do I find out what driver is being used for the wireless? The HOW2s talk about blacklisting rt2500pci, but I don't think this is being used. There's nothing that looks like a wireless entry in the output of lspci and if I do
lsmod | grep rt
I don't get anything related to rt2500. There are some rt2x00 entries, but I can't seem to blacklist them.
Any help/guidance greatly received. I thought of trying Hardy, but it appears that the bug hasn't been fixed in that yet.