problem setting up WiFi

[Ben Edwards (lists)]

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 23:54 +0900, Mait 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
> Check this post
> 
> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=6430&sid=4e82c37d16275d655217a8efa9aa85dc

O dear;(.  I thought I had a card that would work out of the box on
dapper but I dont even have a card that works well with ndiswrapper.
Looks like I will have to compile the drivers into the kernel.  Not sure
how to do this.  guess I am going to have to wait untill I have a couple
of days free.

Regards,
Ben

> 
> --
> 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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