Can't connect to 802.11n Network , controller: RaLink RT2800

[bowens44]

I am running jaunty. I have a trendnet 300Mbps Dual Band wireless router (TEW-671BR) I have a trendnet TEW-623PI wireless adapter.

kernel 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP

The card is recognized by jaunty but will not connect if I set my router to 802.11n only. It connects if I set router to 802.11b/g/n

If i put the adapter in a windows machine it connects at 207Mbps so I am confident that the card and router are working properly. I suspect it's either a driver issue or a configuration issue.

I would like to get this working for 802.11n

Here's some info:

lshw

 *-network:0             
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RT2800 802.11n PCI
       vendor: RaLink
       physical id: 7
       bus info: pci@0000:01:07.0
       logical name: ra0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:14:d1:5c:b8:16
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2860 ip=192.168.5.100 latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=rt2860sta multicast=yes wireless=RT2860 Wireless

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

ra0       RT2860 Wireless  ESSID:"TRENDnet671N"  Nickname:"RT2860STA"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:14:D1:AA:15:B8   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level:-62 dBm  Noise level:-71 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

pan0      no wireless extensions.

lspci -v

01:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI
	Subsystem: RaLink Device 2860
	Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
	Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Kernel driver in use: rt2860
	Kernel modules: rt2860sta

iwlist scan

ra0       Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:D1:AA:15:B8
                    ESSID:"TRENDnet671N"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Channel:11
                    Quality:76/100  Signal level:-60 dBm  Noise level:-71 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s

I see this in dmesg

 36.271147] --> Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
[   36.271157] 1. Phy Mode = 0
[   36.271161] 2. Phy Mode = 0
[   36.286527] RTMPSetPhyMode: channel is out of range, use first channel=1 
[   36.291175] 3. Phy Mode = 0
[   36.294602] MCS Set = 00 00 00 00 00
[   36.296166] <==== RTMPInitialize, Status=0
[   36.296234] 0x1300 = 00073200
[   41.335028] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[   46.996017] ra0: no IPv6 routers present
[   61.261605] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[   91.262669] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[   94.496993] ondemand governor failed, too long transition latency of HW, fall
back to performance governor
[  131.266772] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[  181.263833] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[  241.257256] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[  361.264102] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[  372.668824] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[  372.669279] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=11)
[  421.268469] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[  461.272718] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88
[  521.275812] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 88

[bowens44]

No suggestions anyone?

[themystic.ca]

Hi,

I had the same problem with the RaLink driver and an 802.11g network. I switched to the 2.6.28-11-generic kernel. It's in apt/synaptic.

Good luck!

Edit: Actually, my problem was a bit different so this may not be that helpful . Sorry.

[bowens44]

I have finally solved this issue. I had about given up on it. But now, I am connected at 243Mbps in Jaunty using a Trendnet TEW-623PI wireless adapter and a Linksys WRT350n router with DD-WRT firmware!!

Here's what I did , it was really quite easy once I found the info.

1. I renamed the existing driver from rt2860sta.ko to rt2860sta.bk

2. I downloaded the latest driver , rt2860 Version 2.1.2.0 from
http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Hom...ort/Linux.html

3. Extracted the directory/files to my desktop

4. modified the config.mk file changing the following entires from n to y

#ifdef WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT
# Support Wpa_Supplicant
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
#endif // WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT //

#ifdef NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT
# Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y
#endif // NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT //

5. did sudo make && make install

6. rebooted the computer and I now see a connect speed of 243Mb/s

[sihelset]

Confirmed it worked for me also, 9.04 x64 (after reboot..). Don't work due to compile error for 9.10x64 due to change in network driver interface.

[grantjohnston]

Confirmed it worked for me also, 9.04 x64 (after reboot..). Don't work due to compile error for 9.10x64 due to change in network driver interface.

Any idea when it might be possible for 9.10? I'm tired of only having 54M for my network

[linghao]

Hi all,

Any update for this issue? My D-Link DWA 140 also doesn't work in Ubuntu9.10.

[abatcher]

Am I the only one having troubles with downloading the drivers from the Ralink website ?
This is the third time I try in a timespan of 2 months and always 404.

[solca]

Hey guys, just FYI my Asus EeePC 1000 with Ralink 2860 wireless adapter is successfully locked at 135Mbps to my Linksys WRT160NL (with OpenWRT firmware), iperf reports 80Mbps with 40MHz channel width or 50Mbps with 20MHz channel width.

I'm running completely updated Ubuntu 9.10 with stock 2.6.31-14 kernel and stock rt2860sta wireless driver.

The trick is that you need the proper driver's config file at /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat that enables HT (High Throughput) mode.

Attached is my drivers config file uploaded as .txt in case you need it. Remember to rename it and put it at the correct location.



Please, let me know if it works for you.

HTH.

[zaphod777]

I don't have that wireless directory any ideas?

user@computer:~$ cd /
user@computer:/$ ls
bin    dev   initrd.img  lib64       mnt   root     srv  usr
boot   etc   lib         lost+found  opt   sbin     sys  var
cdrom  home  lib32       media       proc  selinux  tmp  vmlinuz
user@computer:/$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"42"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: 00:1D:73:8E:DE:98   
          Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-40 dBm  Noise level=-91 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
computer          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
user@computer:/$