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walterjwhite

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Registered: 2011-05-01

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cisco valet [solved]

Hi all,

I recently purchased a cisco valet because it was supported according to the linux wireless device table.  From the reading that I have done so far, I thought I would just need to switch from the USB storage mode (default) to wireless device mode using usb_modeswitcher.

I've tried that to no avail.  Also, I though the rt2800usb driver should work with it for the 3.x series kernels, but even after loading that and switching usb modes, I still do not see the device.

Does anyone have any ideas what to try?  I'd like to avoid ndiswrapper if at all possible.

Thanks,

Walter

Last edited by walterjwhite (2012-02-24 18:38:18)

walterjwhite

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Registered: 2011-05-01

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Re: cisco valet [solved]

I am following this post:
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswit … .php?t=635

And will post back my results.

Walter

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

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Re: cisco valet [solved]

You could try modeswitcher again after putting a udev rule for the device into a new file:  /lib/udev/rules.d/61-option-ciscovalet.rules

ATTRS{idVendor}=="1307", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1169", RUN+="modem-modeswitch -v 0x%s{idVendor} -p 0x%s{idProduct} -t option-zerocd"

Please recheck the device ID with

lsusb

(1307:1169 I got from the link above and yours may be different).
Then restart and see if that changes things.

walterjwhite

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Registered: 2011-05-01

Posts: 207

Re: cisco valet [solved]

Hi Strike0,

Thanks for your response.

Actually, you don't need to restart, you simply need to unplug the device and plug it back in.  After I added that rule, it worked perfectly.  I can now see the card - I plan to run hostapd with this card, so we'll see if that is possible with this device.

On a side note, since the usb drive recognized indicates 2GB, is it actually a 2GB chip?  If so, how can I see the full 2GB then?

Walter

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 1,429

Re: cisco valet [solved]

Great. Now that it worked, you might want to copy the rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/
I know of the "install mode" of those usb wifi-devices, which usually carry the windows drivers and so on in the memory - what you have seen before it was detected as wifi-device. You can toggle that with an option in usb_modeswitcher.conf. Not sure from the commandline. I don't have it installed.
Good luck with your hostapd plan. Maybe set this thread to solved if the device works.