Ralink RT3070, Ubuntu 10.04

[dave110]

Hi,
I'm a new user to Linux/Ubuntu and have no idea what I'm doing. I installed 10.04 since it was small enough to fit onto a cd and plan on upgrading to the current LTS as soon as I can get a working internet connection. I have a USB wireless receiver Ralink RT3070 I think, but when I look at the connections icon in desktop, my home wifi is not showing up. The computer is in my basement and I have no way to get it online in a wired sense. I do have a working computer upstairs that I can download drivers and such onto a usb drive and transfer to the basement. The computer used to run windows xp and the wireless worked on that, and I do have the drivers that came with the receiver on a usb drive. Where do I start? Thanks for any input!

[Ubi_one_2014]

[Tutorial] Howto install ralink RT5370 wifi adapter - aceofclubs - 04-18-2013 02:00 AM
This is how I got my RT5370 usb wifi adapter installed and working on CB2.
I eventually came across THIS thread which is where most of the correct information came from. All credits to thoses switched on people I just condensed things a little for CB2.

1. download driver archive 2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2 .5.0.3_DPO.bz2 (RT8070/RT3070/RT3370/RT5370/RT5372 USB 03/28/2012 2.5.0.3 from THIS SITE.
   
2. unpack the archive and navigate into the top level directory just extracted: Code:
   tar jxvf 2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2 .5.0.3_DPO.bz2
   Code:
   cd 2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2 .5.0.3_DPO
   
3. modify the following code in "os/linux/config.mk" as below: Code:
   HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
   HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y
   WFLAGS += -DCONFIG_STA_SUPPORT
   
4. to quieten down the debugging modify "sta/sta-cfg.c": Code:
   remove "#ifdef DBG" on line 4095
   remove "endif /* DBG */" on line 4693
   
5. to change the name from ra0 to wlan0 modify "include/rtmp_def.h" and change "ra" to "wlan" in the following lines: Code:
   #define INF_MAIN_DEV_NAME "ra"
   #define INF_MBSSID_DEV_NAME "ra"
   
6. make and install the modified driver Code:
   sudo make
   sudo make install
   modprobe rt5370sta
   
7. reboot and check with lsusb lsmod and ifconfig to make sure all is working as required in the operating system.
   
8. the CB2 setup program didnt work for me but the xbmc network manager addon worked perfectly so I downloaded and use that rather than doing it all via the operating system.

I hope this helps someone else trying to get an RT5370 wifi adapter up and running.

[mörgæs]

Hi, welcome to the fora.
First of all you should begin with a clean install of 13.10 using wired internet connection. If your computer is fairly new you can do it from USB.

[dave110]

Thanks for input. What ended up working for me was performing option #2 in the following post
(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1826584).

[dave110]

Next task is to upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04. Don't know if that will screw up the drivers but if so I'll try the same process again