problem setting up WiFi

[Mait]

>
> I am trying to get a EDIMAX EW-71288G WiFi card working.  lspci gives
> > > > me:-
> > > > 
> > > > 0000:02:03.0 Network controller: RaLink: Unknown device 0301
Check this post

http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=6430&sid=4e82c37d16275d655217a8efa9aa85dc

--
Mait


Ben Edwards (lists) Wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 22:32 +0900, Mait wrote:
>   
>> 2006-03-22 23:35 +0000, Ben Edwards Write: 
>>     
>>> PS, I tried 
>>>
>>> modprobe rt2500
>>>
>>>
>>> it did not return any errors but still no joy;(
>>>       
>> It seems to be good. When modprobing, dont return errors if it is
>> succesful. If you want, after modprbe something, 'dmesg | tail' show
>> info about loaded module.
>>
>> After modprobe, Check System->Administration->Networking. or In terminal
>> 'ifconfig -a'
>>     
>
> Gave this a try, nothing new in dmesg (c below) and no new interfaces in
> ->Networking.  Just wondering, is the lspci line below correct, Ime
> getting the feeling the card is a dud.  The Unknown Device bit is a bit
> worrying.  ifconfig -a shows sit0 (c below) but sit0 does not appear if
> I do not include -a.
>
> 0000:02:03.0 Network controller: RaLink: Unknown device 0301
>
> ben at twig:~$ dmesg | tail
>
> [4294717.784000] [drm] Initialized mga 3.1.0 20021029 on minor 0: Matrox
> Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP
> [4294717.786000] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at
> 0000:00:00.0.
> [4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x
> mode
> [4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x
> mode
> [4294717.926000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> [4294720.167000] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version
> 1.16ac)
> [4294720.167000] apm: overridden by ACPI.
> [4294970.208000] UDF-fs: No VRS found
> [4294970.412000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
> [4294970.431000] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
>
> ben at twig:~$ sudo modprobe rt2500
>
> ben at twig:~$ dmesg | tail
>
> [4294717.784000] [drm] Initialized mga 3.1.0 20021029 on minor 0: Matrox
> Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP
> [4294717.786000] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at
> 0000:00:00.0.
> [4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x
> mode
> [4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x
> mode
> [4294717.926000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> [4294720.167000] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version
> 1.16ac)
> [4294720.167000] apm: overridden by ACPI.
> [4294970.208000] UDF-fs: No VRS found
> [4294970.412000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
> [4294970.431000] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
>
> ben at twig:~$ ifconfig -a
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C1:26:02:B4:21
>           inet addr:192.168.1.90  Bcast:192.168.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::2c1:26ff:fe02:b421/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:141 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:22615 (22.0 KiB)  TX bytes:10764 (10.5 KiB)
>           Interrupt:21 Base address:0xc000
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:2017 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:2017 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:541983 (529.2 KiB)  TX bytes:541983 (529.2 KiB)
>
> sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
>           NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> Ben
>
>   
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 22:44 +0000, Ben Edwards wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I am trying to get a EDIMAX EW-71288G WiFi card working.  lspci gives
>>>> me:-
>>>>
>>>> 0000:02:03.0 Network controller: RaLink: Unknown device 0301
>>>>
>>>> Not sure if this is correct.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried ndiswrapper with the drivers under the 'Windows x64'
>>>> directory on the CD (this is the only place with .inf files on the CD)
>>>> and the ones from the ndiswrapper site.  I do get 'driver
>>>> installed,hardware present' bit iwconfig douse not show up and WiFi
>>>> devices.
>>>>
>>>> Then I realised this card is a RalinkRT2500 and should work out of the
>>>> box.  I removed ndiswrapper (apt-get remove) and looked at
>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/RalinkRT2500?action=show&redirect=Rt2500WirelessCardsHowTo
>>>> bit the modules do not seem to of been loaded;(
>>>>
>>>> Any Ideas,
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>       
>> --
>> Mait
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