EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

[chili555]

Where am I going wrong?

First, the correct driver, rt2860sta is already in your system and in use! Second the vintage 2008 driver from Edimax's site is too old; it is version 1.8.0.0. The version in your kernel now is:

$ modinfo rt2860sta
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-22-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko
version:        1.8.1.1

Third, if make errors out, all bets are off; everything after that is bound to be an error, too.

Why the <access denied>?

Generally, to see the full capabilities, you need to run the command as sudo:

sudo lspci -v

May we see:

iwconfig wlan0
lsmod | grep rt2

Thanks.

[georgecamilleri@gmail.com]

Hi, thanks for the reply. What can I do to use a more updated driver?

Here is the output I got using sudo lspci and iwconfig:

iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 RT2860 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 | grep rt2
rt2860sta 481561 0

[chili555]

What can I do to use a more updated driver?

Let's try to coax this one to life first. Please post:

sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
dmesg | grep 286

Thanks.

[georgecamilleri@gmail.com]

Hi, this is what I got

george@asus-am2:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
[sudo] password for george:
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Network is down.
george@asus-am2:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

george@asus-am2:~$ dmesg | grep 286
[ 0.191286] pci 0000:00:09.0: PME# disabled
[ 8.457165] rt2860sta: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[ 8.462593] rt2860 0000:01:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 9.816482] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 11.066664] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1730.298415] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1731.767075] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1742.718138] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1808.539146] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1826.802068] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1827.821730] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1828.928075] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1829.933125] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1865.556141] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1869.173766] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 1958.410517] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 2030.231647] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 2031.289790] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!
[ 3325.191852] !!! RT2860 Initialized fail !!!

[georgecamilleri@gmail.com]

Help. Anyone. Please.

I just tried to shutdown the connection, then start it up again, and got the following output:

george@asus-am2:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
george@asus-am2:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted

[georgecamilleri@gmail.com]

Bump

[complience]

George try

sudo iwconfig wlan0 down
sudo iwconfig wlan0 up

Help. Anyone. Please.

I just tried to shutdown the connection, then start it up again, and got the following output:

george@asus-am2:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
george@asus-am2:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted

[georgecamilleri@gmail.com]

George try

sudo iwconfig wlan0 down
sudo iwconfig wlan0 up

Hi Complience,

Thanks for your concern. I got the following output:

george@Asus-AM2:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 down
[sudo] password for george:
iwconfig: unknown command "down"

When I did sudo iwconfig wlan0 I got:

george@Asus-AM2:~$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 RT2860 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


Thanks again
George

[lister171254]

I have a similar problem after upgrading form 9 to 10. The card worked in karmic as this is what I used during the upgrade.

The card is up, I can scan the network and everything seems to be ok, but when I try to connect, I get prompted for the WPA password every two minutes without connecting. I'm sure the password is correct and have disabled all security to verify and have the same result.

Following is the output from some common commands:

>>> sudo lspci -v

03:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI
Subsystem: Edimax Computer Co. Device 7728
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
Memory at fdef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Kernel driver in use: rt2860
Kernel modules: rt2860sta

>>>> iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 RT2860 Wireless ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2860STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level:-56 dBm Noise level:-87 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


>>>>> lsmod | grep rt2
rt2860sta 542482 1


>>>>> sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:33:23:E7:3C
Protocol:802.11b/g/n
ESSID:"TheAustrians2"
Mode:Managed
Channel:3
Quality:89/100 Signal level:-55 dBm Noise level:-87 dBm
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

>>>>> dmesg | grep 286

[ 0.344286] system 00:01: ioport range 0x4d6-0x4d6 has been reserved
[ 12.899374] rt2860sta: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[ 13.095343] rt2860 0000:03:07.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[66855.738286] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 427

[lister171254]

Something else I noticed when I upgraded.

Before the upgrade the device was ra0, after the upgrade the deive is wlan0. I guess that means that I must have followed one of the many instruction for installing the drivers (ie. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1045703 ).

Comments please.