Ubuntu 12.04 beta2 issues with Ralink RT2800 PCI loses connection

**neilhuang** · November 18th, 2012

Weird... I tried just now and saw the same error.
I've uploaded my local copy of the wireless driver for you here temporarily.

http://ubuntuone.com/7gQxrha6oUiVwPzaXRQFIh

That's the one I have that I used in my original solution post. Let me know if this helps.

**bearman83** · November 19th, 2012

I think i got the same problem with the extraction and i think i concluded that it was mislabelled as a bz2-file even though it weren't. Extract with "tar -xvf filename" and it should work.

**Geof3010** · November 22nd, 2012

neilhuang: YOU ARE THE MAN !!!

One of my friend helped me with the ralink driver: he actually decompressed the file with 7zip, under *******...

Once I had the driver, I followed your instructions: the instability problem with the WIFI N mode was fixed instantly !! And to my surprise, I also noted that the quality of the wireless link greatly improved after I installed the RT2860STA module. Before, the maximum link quality I was getting was 50% and now I am almost all the time at 96% ! Impressive !!

Thanks a lot for your help !!!

**azdavef** · January 19th, 2013

On a kernel upgrade you will indeed need to repeat step 9, then steps 12-15. I just upgraded to -36 and wireless did not work at all on reboot until I repeated step 9. Steps 12-15 to keep it. You do need to remember to change code references to the kernel (in my case -36)you now have

**adri76** · June 10th, 2013

Hi, I'm a new member (from Italy, so please forgive my language errors), using Ubuntu from 2 years, but i'm a newbie with problem of network (and with many other things).
My release is Rarin Ringtail, and I've got the problem of ralink2800.
I'm trying to follow the guide at the first page of this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...9#post11858549).
I can follow the guide up to point 5, but I don't understand when the guide says: "run make from the prompt".
Which command should I write on terminal?
According to "man make" I tried to run "make" in the folder Download/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/os/linux, but the output is:

"make: *** Nessun obiettivo specificato e nessun makefile trovato. Arresto."
Translated: "No target specified and no makefile found. Arrest.".

It's strange, because there are two makefile in that folder: "Makefile4" and "Makefile6".
Can you help me to understand?

PS: I extracted the archive in "Download" folder.

**neilhuang** · June 11th, 2013

Please make sure that you've downloaded the correct Linux Drivers, not Windows.
Once you've extracted the contents, you should see a file called "Makefile" inside of that directory. If you don't, you may have downloaded the wrong package.

I just checked the website again. It seems that they've made things a little more confusing, but should still be there. The driver is under GNU so I've posted it here.

**adri76** · June 15th, 2013

Forgive me for my late answer.
The driver I donwloaded was on "Linux" section, I'm sure of it.
But I checked in "connection information" menu, and i saw that the driver rt2800pci was already installed in my release (Ubuntu 13.04).
Because of the connection problem was persisting, i run "lspci" to see the correct driver i should install on my pc.
The output is:

Code:

ambra@kina:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0  VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core  Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
ambra@kina:~$

Now I'm not sure if the driver rt2800pci is correct for my wi-fi card.
So i downloaded another driver: "2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO_v2 .bz2.bz2".

Do you think it's the correct driver for my wi-fi card?
My problem is that, following the istructions of the file "readme", I'm not able to configure it...
And another dubt is that the problem is in the kernel as described in this page: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1171281

In any case, i'll put here the text of the file "readme_STA_pci":

Code:

* README
*
* Ralink Tech Inc.
* 
* http://www.ralinktech.com
*

=======================================================================
ModelName:
===========
RT2860 Wireless Lan Linux Driver


=======================================================================
Driver lName:
=============
rt2860.o/rt2860.ko


=======================================================================
Supporting Kernel:
===================
linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 series. 
Tested in Redhat 7.3 or later.


=======================================================================
Description:
=============
This is a linux device driver for Ralink RT2860 ABGN WLAN Card.


=======================================================================
Contents:
=============
Makefile            : Makefile
*.c                    : c files
*.h                    : header files


=======================================================================
Features:
==========
   This driver implements basic IEEE802.11. Infrastructure and adhoc mode with 
   open or shared or WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication method. 
   NONE, WEP, TKIP and AES encryption. 


=======================================================================
Build Instructions:  
====================

1> $tar -xvzf DPB_RT2860_Linux_STA_x.x.x.x.tgz
    go to "./DPB_RT2860_Linux_STA_x.x.x.x" directory.
    
2> In Makefile
     set the "MODE = STA" in Makefile and chose the TARGET to Linux by set "TARGET = LINUX"
     define the linux kernel source include file path LINUX_SRC
     modify to meet your need.

3> In os/linux/config.mk 
    define the GCC and LD of the target machine
    define the compiler flags CFLAGS
    modify to meet your need.
    ** Build for being controlled by NetworkManager or wpa_supplicant wext functions
       Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y'.
       => #>cd wpa_supplicant-x.x
       => #>./wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d
    ** Build for being controlled by WpaSupplicant with Ralink Driver
       Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n'.
       => #>cd wpa_supplicant-0.5.7
       => #>./wpa_supplicant -Dralink -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d

4> $make            
    # compile driver source code
    # To fix "error: too few arguments to function ¡¥iwe_stream_add_event"
      => $patch -i os/linux/sta_ioctl.c.patch os/linux/sta_ioctl.c

5> $cp RT2860STA.dat  /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat       
    
6> load driver
    #[kernel 2.4]
    #    $/sbin/insmod rt2860sta.o
    #    $/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up
        
    #[kernel 2.6]
    #    $/sbin/insmod rt2860sta.ko
    #    $/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up

7> unload driver    
    $/sbin/ifconfig ra0 down
    $/sbin/rmmod rt2860sta
    
=======================================================================
CONFIGURATION:  
====================
RT2860 driver can be configured via following interfaces, 
i.e. (i)"iwconfig" command, (ii)"iwpriv" command, (iii) configuration file

i)  iwconfig comes with kernel.  
ii) iwpriv usage, please refer to file "iwpriv_usage.txt" for details.
iii)modify configuration file "RT2860STA.dat" in /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat.
           
Configuration File : RT2860STA.dat
---------------------------------------
# Copy this file to /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
# This file is a binary file and will be read on loading rt.o module.
#
# Use "vi -b rt61sta.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=Dennis2860AP
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=OPEN
EncrypType=NONE
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

-----------------------------------------------
*NOTE:
    WMM parameters
            WmmCapable            Set it as 1 to turn on WMM Qos support                
            AckPolicy1~4        Ack policy which support normal Ack or no Ack
                                (AC_BK, AC_BE, AC_VI, AC_VO)        
    
    All WMM parameters do not support iwpriv command but ¡¥WmmCapable¡Š¡Š, 
    please store all parameter to RT2860STA.dat, and restart driver.     

-----------------------------------------------
syntax is 'Param'='Value' and describes below. 

@> CountryRegion=value                                 
    value
        0: use 1 ~ 11 Channel
        1: use 1 ~ 13 Channel
        2: use 10 ~ 11 Channel
        3: use 10 ~ 13 Channel
        4: use 14 Channel
        5: use 1 ~ 14 Channel
        6: use 3 ~ 9 Channel
        7: use 5 ~ 13 Channel
       31: use 1 ~ 14 Channel (ch1-11:active scan, ch12-14 passive scan)
                                                  
@> CountryRegionABand=value                                  
    value    
        0: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
        1: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140 Channel
        2: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64 Channel
        3: use 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161 Channel
        4: use 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
        5: use 149, 153, 157, 161 Channel
        6: use 36, 40, 44, 48 Channel
        7: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
        8: use 52, 56, 60, 64 Channel
        9: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
       10: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
       11: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 149, 153, 157, 161 Channel

@> CountryCode=value
    value
        AG, AR, AW, AU, AT, BS, BB, BM, BR, BE, BG, CA, KY, CL, CN, CO, CR, CY, CZ, DK, DO, EC, SV, FI, FR, DE, 
        GR, GU, GT, HT, HN, HK, HU, IS, IN, ID, IE, IL, IT, JP, JO, LV, LI, LT, LU, MY, MT, MA, MX, NL, NZ, NO,
        PE, PT, PL, RO, RU, SA, CS, SG, SK, SI, ZA, KR, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, GB, UA, AE, US, VE
        "" => using default setting: 2.4 G - ch 1~11; 5G - ch 52~64, 100~140, 149~165
                                                           
@> SSID=value                    
    value
        0~z, 1~32 ascii characters.
                        
@> WirelessMode=value
    value    
        0: legacy 11b/g mixed 
        1: legacy 11B only 
        2: legacy 11A only         //Not support in RfIcType=1(id=RFIC_5225) and RfIcType=2(id=RFIC_5325)
        3: legacy 11a/b/g mixed     //Not support in RfIcType=1(id=RFIC_5225) and RfIcType=2(id=RFIC_5325)
        4: legacy 11G only
        5: 11ABGN mixed
        6: 11N only
        7: 11GN mixed
        8: 11AN mixed
        9: 11BGN mixed
       10: 11AGN mixed    
                     
@> Channel=value
    value
        depends on CountryRegion or CountryRegionABand
                        
@> BGProtection=value
    value
        0: Auto 
        1: Always on 
        2: Always off
                        
@> TxPreamble=value
      value
        0:Preamble Long
        1:Preamble Short 
        2:Auto
                        
@> RTSThreshold=value
    value
        1~2347                                                       
                                                               
@> FragThreshold=value
    value           
        256~2346
                        
@> TxBurst=value
    value
        0: Disable
        1: Enable

@> NetworkType=value                
    value 
        Infra: infrastructure mode
           Adhoc: adhoc mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
@> AuthMode=value
    value
        OPEN         For open system    
        SHARED          For shared key system    
        WEPAUTO     Auto switch between OPEN and SHARED
        WPAPSK      For WPA pre-shared key  (Infra)
        WPA2PSK     For WPA2 pre-shared key (Infra)
        WPANONE        For WPA pre-shared key  (Adhoc)
        WPA         Use WPA-Supplicant
        WPA2        Use WPA-Supplicant

@> EncrypType=value
    value
        NONE        For AuthMode=OPEN                    
        WEP            For AuthMode=OPEN or AuthMode=SHARED 
        TKIP        For AuthMode=WPAPSK or WPA2PSK                    
        AES            For AuthMode=WPAPSK or WPA2PSK                     
        
@> DefaultKeyID=value
    value
        1~4

@> Key1=value
    Key2=value
    Key3=value
    Key4=value
    value
        10 or 26 hexadecimal characters eg: 012345678
        5 or 13 ascii characters eg: passd
    (usage : "iwpriv" only)     

@> Key1Type=vaule
    Key2Type=value
    Key3Type=vaule
    Key4Type=vaule
    value
        0   hexadecimal type
        1   assic type
    (usage : reading profile only)

@> Key1Str=value
    Key2Str=value
    Key3Str=vaule
    Key4Str=vaule
    value
        10 or 26 characters (key type=0)
        5 or 13 characters  (key type=1)
    (usage : reading profile only)    

@> WPAPSK=value                  
    value
        8~63 ASCII          or 
        64 HEX characters
                                                                                                                                                            
@> WmmCapable=value
    value
        0: Disable WMM
        1: Enable WMM
        
@> PSMode=value
    value
        CAM                Constantly Awake Mode
        Max_PSP            Max Power Savings
        Fast_PSP        Power Save Mode

@> FastRoaming=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

@> RoamThreshold=value
    value
        Positive Interger(dBm)

@> HT_RDG=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

@> HT_EXTCHA=value (Extended Channel Switch Announcement)
    value
        0                Below
        1                 Above

@> HT_OpMode=value
    value
        0                HT mixed format
        1                HT greenfield format

@> HT_MpduDensity=value
    value (based on 802.11n D2.0)
        0: no restriction
        1: 1/4 £gs
        2: 1/2 £gs
        3: 1 £gs
        4: 2 £gs
        5: 4 £gs
        6: 8 £gs
        7: 16 £gs

@> HT_BW=value
    value
        0                20MHz
        1                40MHz

@> HT_AutoBA=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

@> HT_BADecline
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled <Reject BA request from AP>

@> HT_AMSDU=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

@> HT_BAWinSize=value
    value
        1 ~ 64

@> HT_GI=value
    value
        0                long GI
        1                short GI

@> HT_MCS=value
    value
        0 ~ 15
        33: auto

@> HT_MIMOPSMode=value
    value (based on 802.11n D2.0)
        0                Static SM Power Save Mode
        1                Dynamic SM Power Save Mode
        2                Reserved
        3                SM enabled
    (not fully support yet)

@> EthConvertMode=value
    value
        dongle
        clone
        hybrid

@> EthCloneMac=value
    value
        xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
        
@> IEEE80211H=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

@> TGnWifiTest=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

@> WirelessEvent=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled <send custom wireless event>
        
@> MeshId=value
    value
        Length 1~32 ascii characters

@> MeshAutoLink=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

@> MeshAuthMode=value
    value
        OPEN         For open system    
        WPANONE        For WPA pre-shared key  (Adhoc)

@> MeshEncrypType=value
    value
        NONE        For MeshAuthMode=OPEN                    
        WEP            For MeshAuthMode=OPEN
        TKIP        For MeshAuthMode=WPANONE
        AES            For MeshAuthMode=WPANONE

@> MeshWPAKEY=value
    value
        8~63 ASCII          or 
        64 HEX characters

@> MeshDefaultkey=value
    value
        1~4

@> MeshWEPKEY=value
    value
        10 or 26 characters
        5 or 13 characters

@> CarrierDetect=value
    value
        0                Disabled
        1                Enabled

MORE INFORMATION
=================================================================================
If you want for rt2860 driver to auto-load at boot time:
A) choose ra0 for first RT2860 WLAN card, ra1 for second RT2860 WLAN card, etc.
   
B) create(edit) 'ifcfg-ra0' file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/,      
   edit( or add the line) in /etc/modules.conf:
       alias ra0 rt2860sta
   
C) edit(create) the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ra0  
   DEVICE='ra0'
   ONBOOT='yes'     


NOTE:
   if you use dhcp, add this line too .
    BOOTPROTO='dhcp'

*D) To ease the Default Gateway setting, 
    add the line
    GATEWAY=x.x.x.x   
    in /etc/sysconfig/network
   
=======================================================================
Dongle/Clone Features:
======================
A) Dongle mode: 
       Provides a 1-to-N MAC address mapping mechanism such that more than one PC behind the STA 
       can transparently connect to the AP.

B) Clone mode:
    Provides a 1-to-1 MAC address mapping mechanism. 
    STA can use own MAC as SA MAC or 
            use user desired MAC as SA MAC or
            use source MAC of first packet coming from wired device as SA MAC.
    NOTE: In this mode, only the PC who own the specified MAC can connect to the AP.

 
C) Hybrid mode(Dongle+Clone):
    Provides a 1-to-N MAC address mapping mechanism such that more than one PC behind the STA 
       can transparently connect to the AP.
    STA can use own MAC as SA MAC or 
            use user desired MAC as SA MAC or
            use source MAC of first packet coming from wired device as SA MAC.

D) Please refer to "Config STA to link as dongle mode..." in iwpriv_usage.txt for releated commands.

Can you please help me to understand how to configure this driver?

**neilhuang** · June 18th, 2013

Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

Not sure if this card is compatible. I'm not an hardware chipset expert... but the mdoel seems different enough.

**expositojorge** · August 21st, 2013

Hello I'm kinda new to this, I've followed all the steps and finally it worked, but now everytime I boot up everything freezes up completely, any ideas?
Ubuntu 12.04LTS