Trying to make Cisco/Linksys WUSB600N wireless ethernet work with Lucid

[sdavmor]

On 06/03/2010 03:46 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/03/2010 03:10 PM, sdavmor wrote:
>> I inherited a Dell Dimension 4100 laptop. After adding ram to bring it
>> to 1gb it works quite nicely with XP. But I'd like it to work with
>> Ubuntu. So I partitioned the hard drive and installed Karmic Ubuntu
>> Remix. So far so good (other than I want to get rid of the "remix"
>> desktop). The 3com wired LAN works straight out of the box. But my
>> Cisco/Linksys USB wireless LAN doesn't (it works with XP using the
>> provided drivers CD). So I've upgraded to Lucid. But I still have no
>> wireless joy.
>>
>> I looked at http://linuxwireless.org/. Apparently under the hood it's
>> a Ralink rt2800usb, and is classified as not yet working. So my next
>> move will be to try ndiswrapper. Has anyone had experience of making
>> this approach work with Lucid? Even if not with this particular model
>> USB ethernet. And if so, some practical tips would be appreciated.
>> I'll be happy to run any commands here and provide any requested
>> output to help move this along.
>
> Perhaps:
> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=ubuntu+%2BRalink+rt2800usb+%2Blucid&btnG=Search>
>
> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=Ralink+rt2800usb+%2Blucid>
> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=WUSB600N+%2Blucid&field.actions.search=Search>
>
> May be of interest:
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/423767>
> [please enable rt2800usb and disable rt3070sta in the imx51 kernel]
> so maybe the opposite of this:
> <http://linuxforums.org.uk/hardware-compatibility/ralink-rt2870-based-usb-wireless-n-adapters-(ubuntu)/>
> maybe blacklisting the rt2870sta driver if both rt2870sta and rt2800usb
> are loaded?
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/460323/comments/34

Thanks NoOp.  I'll look at those links this afternoon.
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