Asus USB-N13 not showing as active but is detected

**Thomazian** · April 30th, 2010

Hi Everyone,

I recently purchased an Asus USB-N13 and am having some trouble getting it setup. I have followed this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...8&postcount=35 including downloading the driver version, but I am now a little stuck.

This is a laptop which used to have a Netgear Wg111v2 wireless USB adapter (laptop does not have internal wireless). That adapter died so I purchased the Asus. The day I purchased the Asus adapter they were both plugged in at the same time for a short period - not sure if that is relevant or not but just thought I should let you know.

Here is some output from various commands which may be helpful:

lspci

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 21)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 21)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:0b.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
02:0b.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
02:0b.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator

lsusb - the device shows up here

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0b05:1784 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

ifconfig / iwconfig - it shows up here too

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:03:0d:26:e9:87  
          inet addr:192.168.0.103  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::203:dff:fe26:e987/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1169 errors:4 dropped:6 overruns:4 frame:0
          TX packets:1127 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1148114 (1.1 MB)  TX bytes:199266 (199.2 KB)
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xc800 

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:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:720 (720.0 B)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

ron@ron-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

ra0       RT2870 Wireless  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  
          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:-143 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

lsmod

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
rt3070sta             512015  0 
usbhid                 36110  0 
hid                    67032  1 usbhid
fbcon                  35102  71 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
snd_intel8x0           25588  2 
snd_ac97_codec        100646  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                1002  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
vga16fb                11385  0 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
snd_pcm                70662  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
radeon                674135  3 
joydev                  8708  0 
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
pcmcia                 33024  0 
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ttm                    49943  1 radeon
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ppdev                   5259  0 
drm_kms_helper         29297  1 radeon
yenta_socket           20408  2 
intel_agp              24177  1 
snd                    54148  14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm                   162471  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
rsrc_nonstatic         10015  1 yenta_socket
agpgart                31724  3 ttm,intel_agp,drm
soundcore               6620  1 snd
pcmcia_core            32964  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 radeon
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
psmouse                63245  0 
shpchp                 28820  0 
serio_raw               3978  0 
video                  17375  0 
output                  1871  1 video
lp                      7028  0 
parport                32635  2 ppdev,lp
ohci1394               26950  0 
8139too                18545  0 
8139cp                 16186  0 
mii                     4381  2 8139too,8139cp
ieee1394               81181  1 ohci1394

dmesg | grep usb - I think the last line is for the wireless adapter

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep usb
[    0.082042] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.082056] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.082084] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.256396] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    0.257101] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    0.257567] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    0.257834] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  360.516059] usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[  360.692717] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  360.802920] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[  360.816976] input: Logitech USB Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input8
[  360.817209] generic-usb 0003:046D:C018.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
[  360.817244] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[  360.817918] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[  370.200079] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[  370.350230] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  370.452516] rtusb init --->
[  370.452547] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

sudo -C network (says its disabled)

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for ron: 
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:02:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:03:0d:26:e9:87
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.103 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:9 ioport:c800(size=256) memory:ffdff400-ffdff4ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: ra0
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RALINK WLAN driverversion=2.1.2.0 multicast=yes wireless=RT2870 Wireless

iwlist scan

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

ra0       No scan results

ron@ron-laptop:~$

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ lsb_release -d
Description:	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ uname -mr
2.6.32-21-generic i686

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...                                                                       Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

Finally I renamed the Wireless folder to "/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA" once I saw RT2870STA was re-occuring. According to this post.. http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...4&postcount=47

I have restarted a couple of times with it plugged in and with it not plugged. At no time does it show in the Network Manager aplet.

What should I do as the next step?

**chili555** · April 30th, 2010

Please show us what the kernel has to report:

Code:

dmesg | grep -e rt2 -e rt3

Thanks.

**Thomazian** · April 30th, 2010

Hi chili, thanks for your quick reply

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:/etc/Wireless$ dmesg | grep -e rt2 -e rt3
[  370.452547] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

**chili555** · May 1st, 2010

Please detach the ethernet cable and do:

Code:

sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig ra0 up
sudo iwlist ra0 scan

Did you modify the .dat file as outlined in the README?

**Thomazian** · May 1st, 2010

I had not yet modified the .dat file..

I changed it to this:

Code:

# Copy this file to /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
# This file is a binary file and will be read on loading rt.o module.
#
# Use "vi RT2870STA.dat" to modify settings according to your need.
# 
# 1.) set NetworkType to "Adhoc" for using Adhoc-mode, otherwise using Infrastructure
# 2.) set Channel to "0" for auto-select on Infrastructure mode
# 3.) set SSID for connecting to your Accss-point.
# 4.) AuthMode can be "WEPAUTO", "OPEN", "SHARED", "WPAPSK", "WPA2PSK", "WPANONE"
# 5.) EncrypType can be "NONE", "WEP", "TKIP", "AES"
# for more information refer to the Readme file.
# 
#The word of "Default" must not be removed
Default
CountryRegion=5
CountryRegionABand=7
CountryCode=
SSID=sonicwall-1C98
NetworkType=Infra
WirelessMode=9
Channel=0
BeaconPeriod=100
TxPower=100
BGProtection=0
TxPreamble=0
RTSThreshold=2347
FragThreshold=2346
TxBurst=1
WmmCapable=0
AckPolicy=0;0;0;0
AuthMode=WPAPSK
EncrypType=TKIP
WPAPSK=
DefaultKeyID=1
Key1Type=0
Key1Str=
Key2Type=0
Key2Str=
Key3Type=0
Key3Str=
Key4Type=0
Key4Str=
PSMode=CAM
FastRoaming=0
RoamThreshold=70
HT_RDG=1
HT_EXTCHA=0
HT_OpMode=1
HT_MpduDensity=4
HT_BW=1
HT_AutoBA=1
HT_BADecline=0
HT_AMSDU=0
HT_BAWinSize=64
HT_GI=1
HT_MCS=33
HT_MIMOPSMode=3
EthConvertMode=
EthCloneMac=
IEEE80211H=0
TGnWifiTest=0
WirelessEvent=0
MeshId=MESH
MeshAutoLink=1
MeshAuthMode=OPEN
MeshEncrypType=NONE
MeshWPAKEY=
MeshDefaultkey=1
MeshWEPKEY=
CarrierDetect=0

The light on the device has come on and it is detecting the wireless signals around, here is the output:

Code:

ron@ron-laptop:/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
ron@ron-laptop:/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA$ sudo ifconfig ra0 up
ron@ron-laptop:/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA$ sudo iwlist ra0 scan
ra0       Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:24:01:75:93:BD
                    Protocol:802.11b/g/n
                    ESSID:"house"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Channel:9
                    Quality:37/100  Signal level:-75 dBm  Noise level:-63 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:18 Mb/s
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:1C:F0:43:8F:90
                    Protocol:802.11b/g
                    ESSID:"MM Meatshops"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Channel:2
                    Quality:100/100  Signal level:-47 dBm  Noise level:-63 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:18 Mb/s
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:21:04:74:04:BC
                    Protocol:802.11b/g
                    ESSID:"Hammerhead"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Channel:11
                    Quality:7/100  Signal level:-87 dBm  Noise level:-63 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:22 Mb/s
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:17:C5:2E:1C:98
                    Protocol:802.11g
                    ESSID:"sonicwall-1C98"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Channel:1
                    Quality:100/100  Signal level:-49 dBm  Noise level:-63 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:18 Mb/s
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

Nothing has shown up in Network Manager, and I have not been prompted to enter the wireless password.

**chili555** · May 1st, 2010

WPAPSK=

I think you'll need to add the key here.

Don't quote it here; obscure it for the snoopy hackers.

Nothing has shown up in Network Manager

Is Enable Networking and Enable Wireless checked?

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