Greetings - noticed rt2860 driver referred to - does
show something like?:
Code:
[ 35.973068] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
[ 35.973078] Open file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed!
[ 36.297303] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
[ 36.297312] Open file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed!
[ 200.006646] Read file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed(errCode=0)!
[ 1894.184783] Read file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed(errCode=0)!
[ 2373.659265] Read file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed(errCode=0)!
[ 2405.543895] Read file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed(errCode=0)!
[ 3581.869741] Read file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed(errCode=0)!
[ 3635.055932] rt28xx_close call RT28xxPciAsicRadioOff fail !!
[ 3639.283087] Read file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed(errCode=0)!
[ 3697.880831] Read file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed(errCode=0)!
A RT2860STA.dat file must be created and Network Manager restarted using:
Code:
sudo su
mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA
touch /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
service network-manager restart
exit
OOB, out of the box, the UNR 10.04 Live CD is missing the file (ie. it is a bug)
/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat which is required for the RT2860 driver as specified by the dmesg | grep RT messages.
The given script creates the file (with null content) so the driver "works".
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Another wrinkle (bug!) however is that it is exceedingly difficult to effect a connection with non-broadcasting SSID routers (the SSID is "hidden" but not the router service).
While this thread is about alternate (manual) methods to Network Manager the following process in this post will use NM with some "manual" labour to coerce such connections, because NM's Connect to Hidden Wireless Network ... left click menu option is ineffective.
Thus,
Code:
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid <hidden SSID> key s:<ASCII password string>
is needed while toggling the Enable Wireless right click function of Network Manager to make the wireless connection and then selecting the now visible SSID from NM's wireless service drop down menu list.
can be used for monitoring: when the router's ESSID:<hidden SSID> is seen instead of ESSID:"" then the router will be seen (eventually, in ~ 20 or 30 sec.) in NM's drop down menu at which point it can be selected.
Is there a simple and short script to totally dispense with the need for NM? hmmm ... not this:
Code:
sudo su
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhclient -r wlan0
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed essid <hidden SSID> key s:<ASCII password string>
dhclient wlan0
exit
ref:
Re: Ubuntu 10.04 using the Ralink RT2860 WiFi chipset (e.g. EeeBox B202)
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