Wireless issues with WUSB54GC v3

[Laundry]

Okay, I reinstalled Jaunty and got it to install. The card detects my wireless network, but refuses to connect to it. I have no security on the network, so I have no idea what would be causing it to fail.

[smacattack]

Okay, I reinstalled Jaunty and got it to install. The card detects my wireless network, but refuses to connect to it. I have no security on the network, so I have no idea what would be causing it to fail.

Looks like we're in the same boat man! There's 2 wireless networks in my house, 1 with security, 1 without. They both show up in the network manager but I can't connect to either.

I guess you don't need to know anymore, but for future reference you can install build-essential offline by using the Ubuntu CD just type the following in a terminal with the CD in the drive:

sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential

[hmmdar]

try this
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-tro...comment-page-1

I was able to connect to an open connection using these settings. My network manager still shows as no connection, but its a start


/editx2
Apologize i still have yet to get WPA to work with this adapter when i thought it was working, my router was still set in open mode :-/

// Edit
Just tried this out with WPA2, the instructions work great for the rt2870 wireless nic. for the rt/ra devices these instructions work, but there is still the issue of Firefox not knowing the connection is actually alive and will start in off line mode

sudo ifconfig [interface] down
sudo dhclient -r [interface]
sudo ifconfig [interface] up
sudo iwconfig [inteface] essid “ESSID_IN_QUOTES”
sudo iwpriv [interface] set AuthMode=WPAPSK
sudo iwpriv [interface] set EncrypType=TKIP
sudo iwpriv [interface] set WPAPSK=”YOUR_WPA_PSK_KEY”
sudo dhclient [interface]

and note to get "YOUR_WPA_PSK_KEY" use

wpa_passphrase ESSID_IN_QUOTES PSK_PASSWORD

where PSK_PASSWORD is the password you use to generate the WPAPSK key

[smacattack]

jimbob, my adapter seems to have a new (rt3070) chipset (i just did lsusb and it shows 1737:0077, that's what that means right?).

My adapter recognizes wireless connections using radixors instructions with rt2870 but I can't seem to connect.

What method did you use to get it working?

[jimbob]

I'm copying this from a PM between me and Dragonkeeper about a month ago.
You can read my original thread (if you haven't already) at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ghlight=rt3070

Here is what else I did: (most of this from README_STA in main directory)

1) in ...os/linux/usb_main_dev.c added line {USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0077)} /* Linksys WUSB54GC */
2) in ...os/linux/config.mk set 2 lines referring to WPA_SUPPLICANT to "y".
3) created /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ra0 and added lines;
DEVICE='ra0'
ONBOOT='yes'
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
4) added line in /etc/modules.conf => alias ra0 rt3070sta
5) created (modified) the supplied RT3070STA.dat for my own SSID and WPA2-PSK; then did make install to get it inserted in /etc/Wireless/RT3070. NOTE!! You will find that what is created is named /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA/RT3070STA.dat.
You must rename this to /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat because this is what the system ends up looking for.

I gave up spending more time on it for now as I am using a D-Link DWL-G122 which works OOTB with Jaunty that was purchased for $14.99 with free shipping on E-Bay.
Good luck with yours.

[smacattack]

Awesome jimbob I'll give that a whirl today, thanks so much!

[bbelden]

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but my wusb54gc adapter does not even show up in Ubuntu 9.04. My adapter does not say if it is version 3 or not but it does have a date of 12/2006 so I'm guessing it is a version prior to 3. I have read probably a hundred posts on this adapter and all of them have stated that the adapter at least shows up in "lsusb". Anyone have an idea where I start on this? There are so many posts on so many versions of this adapter, I don't know where to start because I can't get Jaunty to recognize it to get the chipset.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[jimbob]

Just some random thoughts here.

If you are using a cable, plug it in directly to the USB port.
It should definitely show up when plugged in with the lsusb command.
Bring up the system logs from the main menu and select syslog and scroll to the very bottom. Then plug it in and watch the log. Do you see anything at all? Does it even recognize that anything has been plugged?

As a last desperate resort does it work in Windows? Does Windows see it at all when it is plugged in?

[bbelden]

Thanks for your help JimBob.

Yes the adapter works with XP. I have been using it for about two years under windows. I could never get this adapter to work with any Ubuntu distro starting with Ubuntu 7.

I checked the syslog as I plugged and unplugged the adapter and...nothing--it does not show up at all. Do I have to have the driver for this adapter loaded before Ubuntu will notice it? I need to mention again that this adapter is a version 1.
thanks

[jimbob]

If you don't see ANY evidence (even a one-liner about a USB device being plugged) in the system log I don't think you have a prayer.
I don't understand that at all - especially if it works in ex pee.

Take a look at this link to see if you can find anything about a Version 1 - I could not. Is it definitely a WUSB54GC v1 made by Linksys?

http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_alles.php