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nflenz

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Registered: 2010-07-03

Posts: 1

Trouble setting up RT2870 wireless adapter.

I recently purchased a Ralink RT2870 Wireless Adapter for use on my desktop running arch linux. I was able to get an interface, wlan0, created after installing linux-firmware and loading the rt2800usb module, but I can't get any wireless connections from it. For example, running "iwlist wlan0 scan" returns:

wlan0:   No scan results.

The adapter itself is fine. I was able to use it on another system in the same room running ubuntu. Does anyone know what might be wrong?

a_priori_mouse

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Registered: 2010-05-16

Posts: 38

Re: Trouble setting up RT2870 wireless adapter.

rt2800usb can't  to work correctly with Ralink RT2870, but kernel tries to use it for your adapter.
Add "! Rt2800usb! Rt2x00usb! Rt2x00lib" to MODULES array in / etc / rc.conf:

MODULES = (...! Rt2800usb! Rt2x00usb! Rt2x00lib ...)

This is a common problem. If u want to know details see http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rt2870

Last edited by a_priori_mouse (2010-07-03 23:32:00)