Compiling/Using Ralink RT61

[gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen]

answer to own question... sort of... atleast I have the right manufacturer

l# lsusb -v

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:2573
Device Descriptor:
   bLength                18
   bDescriptorType         1
   bcdUSB               2.00
   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
   bDeviceSubClass         0
   bDeviceProtocol         0
   bMaxPacketSize0        64
   idVendor           0x148f
   idProduct          0x2573
   bcdDevice            0.01
   iManufacturer           1 Ralink
   iProduct                2 54M.USB.......
   iSerial                 0
   bNumConfigurations      1
   Configuration Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         2
     wTotalLength           32
     bNumInterfaces          1
     bConfigurationValue     1
     iConfiguration          0
     bmAttributes         0x80
     MaxPower              300mA
     Interface Descriptor:
       bLength                 9
       bDescriptorType         4
       bInterfaceNumber        0
       bAlternateSetting       0
       bNumEndpoints           2
       bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
       bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
       bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
       iInterface              0
       Endpoint Descriptor:
         bLength                 7
         bDescriptorType         5
         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
         bmAttributes            2
           Transfer Type            Bulk
           Synch Type               None
           Usage Type               Data
         wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
         bInterval               0
       Endpoint Descriptor:
         bLength                 7
         bDescriptorType         5
         bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
         bmAttributes            2
           Transfer Type            Bulk
           Synch Type               None
           Usage Type               Data
         wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
         bInterval               0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
   bLength                10
   bDescriptorType         6
   bcdUSB               2.00
   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
   bDeviceSubClass         0
   bDeviceProtocol         0
   bMaxPacketSize0        64
   bNumConfigurations      1




On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:24:52 +1000, FXBOY4EVA <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>  
wrote:

>
> Late reply but better than never here.
>
>
>
> Actually its more than likely the case that The Wireless Card in
> question, Like my Cnet CWP-854 (Which is also mentioned in the FSF list
> as using the rt2500 chipset) and many other similar cards DID use the
> rt2500 chipset, but most sutch cards (regardless of manufacturer) have
> seemingly undergone a hardware revision in recent months and now use
> the (Later) rt61 chipset, which hasn't been documented because
> obviously not everyone is going to run out and buy the same card (or so
> it says on the box) they already have 4 months later for hardware
> testing.
>
>
>
> This may have been due to feature differences in the chipsets , the
> rt61 may be cheaper, or perhaps Ralink are simply phasing out the
> rt2500, which is the case I cannot determine.
>
>
>
> Admittedly I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux in general but I do know
> hardware and how its manufactured, and changes like this are TYPICAL of
> most manufacturers of both chips and Cards (as is them not being
> bothered to mention it so that Linux users and developers can take it
> into account), I also found this out whilst trying to get my card
> working under breezy, which was nigh impossible, I now use Dapper which
> includes drivers for both. Whether they are a compile of Ralink's own
> recent GPL drivers or the latest beta of the Opensource rt2x00 driver
> (which has also promised rt61 support) I don't know either.
>
>
>
> I'm giving the Kubuntu Dapper Release Candidate a whirl at the moment
> and all is great apart from trying to use WPA (Which my home network
> uses), can't get a thing from the network manager and I DO have
> wpa_supplicant installed, pointers anyone ? I'd really rather not have
> to run round the house setting every other machine back to WEP
>
>



-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
Chance favours the prepared mind