RaLink rt2500 wireless cards -- edgy regression?

[Johan Ramm-Ericson]

On 10/23/06, Peter Clutton wrote:

> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:00:35 +1000
> From: "Peter Clutton" <peterclutton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: RaLink rt2500 wireless cards -- edgy regression?
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> On 10/23/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The problem might be with your config files?
> >
> > On 10/22/06, Peter Clutton <peterclutton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > As far as I'm concerned the regression began in dapper. I have a card
> > > using the same Ralink chipset that won't work under dapper. Neither
> > > will my DLink. Neither will my Intel. Neither will my Netgear. Neither
> > > will my Necomm. Dapper and Edgy have horrible, horrible wireless
> > > "support". Funnily enough Breezy worked straight out of the box, was
> > > all ready to go with all of those cards. Dapper and Edgy identify them
> > > just fine but wont configure them.
> 
> Maybe. I would be perfectly happy for me to be the one at fault and
> not the OS, it wouldn't be the first time that's for sure. But having
> tried so many cards, with complete _new_ installs on 2 generic pcs, I
> can't see how it could be. I work full time in IT so I dont consider
> myself a noob. Could you suggest anything i may be doing wrong? Even a
> how-to from Ubuntu for setting up wireless in general on Dapper would
> be helpful..

Sorry to be asking a somewhat obvious question but have you tried the
info in these pages:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500?highlight=%28WifiDocs%2FDriver%29

Hope that helps,
Johan