linksys wusb100 problems

[gbrettj]

I just purchased a linksys wusb100 wireless adapter for my computer. I'm running Ubuntu 9.04. I've racked my brain and my search engine for a week and still have no connectivity for my ubuntu installation. I've installed ndiswrapper and here are the results from some of my inquiries.

brett@Brett:~$ ndiswrapper -l
rt2870 : driver installed
device (1737:0078) present
brett@Brett:~$
brett@Brett:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:17:b5:f0:56
inet addr:192.168.0.6 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:17ff:feb5:f056/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7827 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7277 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8170079 (8.1 MB) TX bytes:1307887 (1.3 MB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0x4000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:440 (440.0 B) TX bytes:440 (440.0 B)

brett@Brett:~$
brett@Brett:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1737:0078 Linksys
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c00c Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
brett@Brett:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

Someone please help, this is driving my crazy.

Thanks

Brett

[claudiac]

>brett@Brett:~$ ndiswrapper -l

remove ndiswrapper and compile your own rt2870/rt3070 driver

download the rt3070 from ralink:
http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/dr...A_v2.1.1.0.bz2

tar xvjf 2009_0525_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.1.0.bz2

cd 2009_0525_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.1.0

vi os/linux/usb_main_dev.c
- change: USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0070)
to: USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0078)

modify os/linux/config.mk as needed (see README_STA_usb)

* fix common/rtmp_init.c:
find reference to os_alloc_mem and fix (PUTCHAR) to (PUTCHAR *)

make

make install

cd os/linux
insmod rt3070sta.ko

ifconfig ra0 up

show available networks:
iwlist scan

-- for some basic settings to connect to an unprotected network:
iwpriv ra0 set NetworkType=Infra
iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=OPEN
iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType=NONE
iwpriv ra0 set SSID="dummy"
iwpriv ra0 set Channel=1

to see if the settings above *stuck*:
iwconfig ra0

then, to get a dhcp address:
/sbin/dhclient ra0

-claudia

[claudiac]

in my haste to get you something to work with, I forgot two steps:


1) either modify source to use the correct file or
ln -s /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA

2) out of the common directory, copy the rt2870.bin to the above directory

-claudia

[nmgraywiz]

Awesome!!! Good excellent instructions... I've been attempting to get my WUSB100 Version 2 Linksys adaptor to operate on a dell Latitude laptop for 2 weeks now... The above instructions provided by Claudiac are the first ones to actually work.. GREAT WORK!!! And thanks for posting such a complete procedure. I for one would call this excellent HOW TO Material. Thanks again..

L8

The Gray Wizard
(aka: Matt)

[nmgraywiz]

P.S. As an additional side note...

I modified

os/linux/usb_main_dev.c

to include the setups for both WUSB100 Version 1 and 2 Adapters (I have both versions, and was troubleshooting version 2 for a customer as Version 1 was already working properly with ndiswrapper) I added...

{USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0070)}, /* Linksys-WUSB100-V1 */
{USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0078)}, /* Linksys-WUSB100-V2 */

re-compiled and now I've discovered that I can interchangeably use one or the other adapter. Even tested without re-booting (removing one, and re-inserting the other) and both adapters work perfectly with the one driver.

Thanks again Claudiac for an awesome job and a major life saving heheh..

L8

The Gray Wizard
(aka: Matthew Romero)

[flash63]

Hello,
a little Trick to add the ID 1737:0078 for the WUSB100v2 to the System and simply use the rt2870sta V1.4.0.0. that comes with the system if the new driver v2.3.0.0 or the rt3070 from Ralink don't work properly.

First remove the new compiled driver if necessary:

cd
cd RT2870_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.0
sudo make uninstall

If you previously did not manually compile the driver from Ralink start here.

Add the ID:

echo 'install rt2870sta modprobe --ignore-install rt2870sta ; /bin/echo "1737 0078" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rt2870sta.conf
sudo modprobe -rf rt2870sta
sudo modprobe rt2870sta
dmesg | egrep 'rt28|usb|Phy'
iwconfig

The solution works? Ok, load the driver at startup

echo rt2870sta | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

alternativ automatic driver load when the stick was plugged in:

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/10-wusb100.rules

contents:

# UDEV-Rule for wusb-100v2 ID 1737:0078
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1737", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0078", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe rt2870sta"

make it ready to work

sudo service udev reload

.. or restart

Link: http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/li.../#post-2264339

greetings and a happy new year

Rainer

[Jainith]

Thanks Flash63 your solution worked Great!!!

Add the ID:

echo 'install rt2870sta modprobe --ignore-install rt2870sta ; /bin/echo "1737 0078" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rt2870sta.conf
sudo modprobe -rf rt2870sta
sudo modprobe rt2870sta
dmesg | egrep 'rt28|usb|Phy'
iwconfig

[Jainith]

Hmm... I notice that the wireless didn't come up automatically.

I ran the last 3 lines again and it did. What would be the appropriate way to best have the system do this on startup?

[flash63]

Hello Jainith,
edit the file /etc/modules as root and add the drivermodul rt2870sta.

The same in one line:

echo rt2870sta | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

The required options to add the ID are already into the /etc/modprobe.d/rt2870.conf

[Jainith]

Thanks for getting back to me. I had already figured out to put the rt2870sta in /etc/modules. I also tried adding the 'iwconfig' to my startup applications. Interestingly if I go back to startup applications now, I do not see this entry.

Anyway, my connection is coming up automatically, but at somewhat of a delay (it doesn't get started until after gmail-notify so I get a no connection message.

If you can think of a way to better tune the startup so the wireless connection starts before gmail-notify, that would be great. If not, its ok, as it only takes an additional 30 seconds or so to startup.

-Jainith