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zzutyzero

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Registered: 2011-03-30

Posts: 1

Networking problem - New user -

I'm a new user I installed Arch and cannot get the network running, I think I need Linux firmware but don't have the option to install from cd.  - using a DWA 525 Dlink wireless card
Can I install linux firmware from a pendrive while I install arch linux.

Thanx for any info

Last edited by zzutyzero (2011-03-30 20:10:31)

admiralspark

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From: Alaska, USA

Registered: 2011-01-07

Posts: 87

Re: Networking problem - New user -

Please do two things:
1) Look for a solution yourself. See The Arch Way
2) 30 seconds on google returned this as the first hit: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1559576
link to the driver is a few posts down. Just follow the instructions listed there.

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the sad clown

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From: 192.168.0.X

Registered: 2011-03-20

Posts: 837

Re: Networking problem - New user -

If you are doing a core install from the cd, your driver is already on the cd.  Here is the section pertaining to your card from the wireless wiki:

rt2860 and rt2870
In kernel since 2.6.29 and requires no extra packages. It can be configured using the standard wpa_supplicant and iwconfig tools. Unfortunately this does not go for Arch. In order to get it to work, disabling the following modules in rc.conf has proven to be successful:

MODULES=(!rt2800pci !rt61pci !rt2x00pci !rt2800usb !rt2800lib !rt2x00usb !rt2x00lib)
It has a wide range of options that can be configured with iwpriv. These are documented in the source tarballs available from Ralink

For rt2870sta, also see Rt2870

Your driver is the rt2860

Have a look at the wireless wiki for further instructions on how to get it working:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup

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