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polskifacet

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Registered: 2011-09-03

Posts: 8

Tenda W311U not working after recent update

I just updated my pogo with pacman -Syu and now I can not load the rt2800usb module for my W311U wireless card . Any ideas on whats wrong?

polskifacet

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Registered: 2011-09-03

Posts: 8

Re: Tenda W311U not working after recent update

when i do a modprobe -v i get the following
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.1-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko.gz

when i do lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                        254908  16
mv_cesa                 9269  0

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: Tenda W311U not working after recent update

This fellow had a similar issue I think, check it out:  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=132737

He ended up using Sharker's solution, outlined here:  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129261

polskifacet

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Registered: 2011-09-03

Posts: 8

Re: Tenda W311U not working after recent update

This fellow had a similar issue I think, check it out:  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=132737

He ended up using Sharker's solution, outlined here:  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129261

Bah I cant figure out how to install the drivers from ralink not that advanced

polskifacet

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Registered: 2011-09-03

Posts: 8

Re: Tenda W311U not working after recent update

pacman -S base-devel

had to install that to compile the driver

polskifacet

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Registered: 2011-09-03

Posts: 8

Re: Tenda W311U not working after recent update

grr compiled and installed the newest driver, copied the newest firmware to /lib/firmware loaded the rt2870sta module and it still doesnt work