Rosewill RNX-N150PC PCI Ralink 3060 chip driver instructions

**Midnitte** · August 30th, 2011

Originally Posted by MooPi

This is the procedure I used to install the driver for my new Rosewill Rosewill RNX-N150PC PCI 2.2 Wireless Adapter. It uses the Ralink 3060 chip. I'm using Lucid 10.04 and WICD as my network manager.(I have tested this driver and method on both 10.10 & currently 11.04 with success) I downloaded the drivers from Ralinks site
http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us...V3TVRJeE53PT1D

Make sure you have installed gcc build-essential

Code:

sudo apt-get install gcc build-essential

I then followed the instuctions in the README file.
Navigate to downloaded_driver_folder/os/linux and open config.mk in a text editor.
Find and set so that it indicates ( y ) at the end of this text string

Code:

HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y

and also set

Code:

HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y

Next, open a terminal in the driver folder and type

Code:

sudo make

then

Code:

sudo make install

Now you'll need to load the driver

Code:

sudo modprobe rt3562sta

Code:

sudo ifconfig ra0 inet up

After I successfully connected I added the driver to /etc/modules so it it would load at startup. This is a copy of mine

Code:

 # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop
lp
rt3562sta.ko

Edit complete save file and reboot to test. I hope this helps anyone using Raklink 3060/3062/3562 chipset. Mine connects with a strong consistent signal.

Looks as if an addition is necessary to complete the driver install. The need to blacklist a default driver to enable the new driver.
From terminal

Code:

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Add this to the end of that file

Code:

blacklist rt2800pci

Tried doing this in 11.04, unfortauntly when i get to "sudo ifconfig ra0 inet up" it reports "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted"

Any help for this?

*also, under lspci is shows up as "01:00.0 Unclassified device (0080): Ralink corp. Device 3060

apparently "sudo service networking restart should fix this but it doesnt, and ra0 doesnt show up under ifconfig, but it does show up under iwconfig.

**Midnitte** · August 31st, 2011

bump? D:

**mechanizedmedic** · September 3rd, 2011

Originally Posted by Midnitte

Tried doing this in 11.04, unfortauntly when i get to "sudo ifconfig ra0 inet up" it reports "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted"

Any help for this?

*also, under lspci is shows up as "01:00.0 Unclassified device (0080): Ralink corp. Device 3060

apparently "sudo service networking restart should fix this but it doesnt, and ra0 doesnt show up under ifconfig, but it does show up under iwconfig.

post output of these commands and we'll see where you're at.

Code:

lsmod
sudo lshw -C network
iwconfig

**Midnitte** · September 4th, 2011

Code:

midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
sha256_generic         21031  2 
cryptd                 20510  0 
aes_x86_64             17208  208 
aes_generic            38279  1 aes_x86_64
dm_crypt               22993  1 
vesafb                 13761  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   336771  1 
binfmt_misc            17565  1 
nvidia               8107272  34 
snd_hda_intel          33176  0 
rfcomm                 47694  8 
sco                    18187  2 
bnep                   18308  2 
snd_hda_codec         103804  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13604  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                96391  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_rawmidi            30486  1 snd_seq_midi
l2cap                  53570  16 rfcomm,bnep
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
ppdev                  17113  0 
snd_seq                61621  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              29602  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14462  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
btusb                  18600  2 
snd                    67382  9 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
serio_raw              13166  0 
bluetooth              72320  9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
parport_pc             36959  1 
soundcore              12680  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2            13058  0 
rt3562sta             986681  0 
lp                     17825  0 
parport                46458  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid                 46956  0 
hid                    91020  1 usbhid
firewire_ohci          40370  0 
firewire_core          62646  1 firewire_ohci
floppy                 74120  0 
ahci                   25951  2 
crc_itu_t              12707  1 firewire_core
r8169                  48022  0 
pata_amd               14130  0 
libahci                26642  1 ahci

midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-generic DISABLED      
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Ralink corp.
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
       logical name: ra0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:1a:ff:ff:ff:ff
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RALINK WLAN driverversion=2.4.1.1 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=Ralink STA
       resources: irq:16 memory:efb00000-efb0ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:01:2e:24:06:5b
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.137.74 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:de00(size=256) memory:efdff000-efdfffff memory:efc00000-efc1ffff
midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

sorry for the delay =p

**mechanizedmedic** · September 4th, 2011

Originally Posted by Midnitte

Code:

midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-generic DISABLED      
       description: Wireless interface
.......

sorry for the delay =p

looks like your card is disabled, friend. i know you tried something similar BUT it's worth it to do the simple "up" command first. so...

Code:

sudo ifup ra0
sudo lshw -C network

if you get an error OR if the second command still shows your card "DISABLED" post the output of these two beauties.

Code:

rfkill list
dmesg | tail

**Midnitte** · September 5th, 2011

Code:

midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ sudo ifup ra0
[sudo] password for midnitte: 
Ignoring unknown interface ra0=ra0.
midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-generic DISABLED      
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Ralink corp.
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
       logical name: ra0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:1a:ff:ff:ff:ff
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RALINK WLAN driverversion=2.4.1.1 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=Ralink STA
       resources: irq:16 memory:efb00000-efb0ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:01:2e:24:06:5b
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.137.63 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:de00(size=256) memory:efdff000-efdfffff memory:efc00000-efc1ffff
midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ dmesg | tail
[   20.225090] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
[   20.500845] Intel AES-NI instructions are not detected.
[   20.551695] padlock_aes: VIA PadLock not detected.
[   20.599553] padlock_sha: VIA PadLock Hash Engine not detected.
[   21.765717] Adding 913404k swap on /dev/mapper/cryptswap1.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:913404k 
[   25.228234] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[   29.270009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[   54.066012] ecryptfs_parse_options: eCryptfs: unrecognized option [ecryptfs_check_dev_ruid]
[  755.790649] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[  758.033665] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up

Any chance the Bluetooth might be a problem?

**mechanizedmedic** · September 5th, 2011

Originally Posted by Midnitte

Any chance the Bluetooth might be a problem?

i don't have any experience with bluetooth so i can't say either way.

i was a little hasty before and forgot to start at the beginning. make sure your ethernet cable is disconnected from the computer when you're trying to connect with wireless. wired connections "bump" wireless ones. if you've had the computer wired up this whole time that could be your problem. if so, unplug and restart.

also, i made the mistake

of not having you try to disable eth0 before enabling ra0. let's have a proper go with that.

Code:

sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig ra0 up
dhclient
sudo ifconfig

if no luck, post back with these.

Code:

modinfo rt3562sta
cat /etc/network/interfaces

oh, and have a happy labor day!

**Midnitte** · September 9th, 2011

no dice:

Code:

 midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ modinfo rt3562sta
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-11-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt3562sta.ko
version:        2.4.1.1
srcversion:     4D386FD1EDC7B95F07E2F57
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007722sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007711sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00003592sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00003060sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00003562sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00003062sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007768sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007748sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007738sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007727sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007758sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007728sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001432d00007708sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001A3Bd00001059sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000781sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000701sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000681sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000601sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.38-11-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           mac:rt28xx: wireless mac addr (charp)
midnitte@Midnitte-HTPC:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

thanks for the fast response, sorry its been taking me so long, was at school =p

**mechanizedmedic** · September 10th, 2011

Originally Posted by Midnitte

thanks for the fast response, sorry its been taking me so long, was at school =p

well, i'm out of ideas. i've googled the crap out of this and can't seem to find anything close with a relevant solution.

if i were you [famous last words] i'd try putting the card into another PC to rule out the card as the issue. you can also put the card in another pci slot just to double check. i've had to return plenty of defective hardware over the years so you never know...

if the card works with another pc you should start a new thread to address your problem specifically. to speed things up post the output of these in your thread or link to your posts in this one.

Code:

sudo lshw -C network
sudo lsmod
sudo ifconfig
rfkill list
dmesg | tail

take luck!

**wildmanne39** · September 10th, 2011

Hi, have a look at this link it may fix your problem.
http://pkadetiloye.blogspot.com/2010...csifflags.html
Thank you

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