Linksys WUSB54GCV3 USB-WiFi stick

[Aart Koelewijn]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:29:55 +0000, Colin Law wrote:

> 2009/11/9 Aart Koelewijn <aart at mtack.xs4all.nl>:
>> I bought the WUSB54GC after I read it functions well in a recent Ubuntu
>> Linux.
>>
>> I have tested in 3 different PC's, all running 9.10 Karmic. After
>> putting the stick in the pc it will load rt2800usb which in its turn
>> will load rt2870.bin, a firmware library.
>>
>> After loading I get:
>>
>> lsusb: ID 1737:0077 Linksys
>> (That is all I get in 9.04, in 9.10 I also get the following) iwconfig:
>> wlan0: IEEE 80211bgn
>> sudo iwlist wlan0 scan shows no networks allthough I can see at least 2
>> networks with an other laptop, I'm only a few meters from the router.
>> "iwlist wlan0 freq" and "iwlist wlan0 channel" give the normal
>> frequenties and channels, among those the frequenty and channel my
>> router uses (I tried different channels with my router)
>>
>> So, I cannot connect to my network, even if I fill in the name of my
>> network as if it is a invisible network I cannot get a connection.
>>
>> Anybody an idea what I can try next?
>>
>>
> I successfully used instructions at
> http://eksfiles.net/2008/01/using-the-linksys-wusb54g-v1-or-v4-with-
ubuntu-gutsy/
> for setting up a WUSB54G (v1) on 9.04, using ndiswrapper (whatever that
> is).  I have seen reports that this will also work for 54GC though I
> cannot vouch for this.  Google for 'ubuntu wusb54gc' yields loads of
> results.
> 
> Colin

I might have to go that way, but it seems a pity. Version 1 of this stick 
is reported from various sides to function well in 9.04 and 9.10. No I'm 
stuck with version 3. It is not recognized in 9.04, but in 9.10 it is 
recognized, the Ralink drivers are loaded but they don't seem to work 
quite right. So I would expect Ralink to work on a new version of the 
driver, but do they and when will it be ready?

Aart