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eltebe

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 8

rt2860sta (asus 130n) 802.11n not working for quite some time

Around 2.6.31 kernel & wicd or before all was working fine and smoothly(802.11n).
Then changes came and it all fall apart.
Atm I can connect via wi-fi using all but 802.11n.
If I set password with AES and/or TKIP encryption i get wrong password message.
If I leave it without password i get dhcp timeouts.
If I switch from N only to G only it works fine with any settings, though the transfers are more then 2x slower

I tried network manager instead wicd and same thing happens
My guess would be either kernel driver/firmware or tools used by wicd/networkmanager are buggy

 $  lsmod | grep rt28
rt2860sta             549763  1

$  lsmod | grep rt
rt2860sta             549763  1
iTCO_vendor_support     1873  1 iTCO_wdt
rtc_cmos                8990  0
rtc_core               14439  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 1842  1 rtc_core

rc.conf part concerning connection and services

eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal wicd !network !networkmanager netfs crond sshd rtorrent squid httpd denyhosts)

wicd.log(http://www.sendspace.com/file/jszi9w)

Actions visible there in short:
deleted old log file restarted wicd service
tried connection with password via wifi(N)
connected via wire to remove password requirement
tried connection with no password via wifi(N)

Another thing is that after scheduled router reboot wicd does not reconnect to lan(i think it wasn't like this before either)

It's been almost 3 months since i had to wire it on desk instead of wireless inside storeroom
If you need more information feel free to ask

Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: rt2860sta (asus 130n) 802.11n not working for quite some time

eltebe,

on my  eeepc 901 I also had problems with rt2860sta with kernels after 2.6.31.

However with kernel 2.6.33 I could finally solve the problem.
Your case is not exactly the same, but perhaps this thread will help you:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=94929

FYI, I have on rc.conf of my eeepc the following:

MODULES=(rt2860sta  !usblp rfkill !rt2800usb !rt2x00usb !rt2x00lib)

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eltebe

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 8

Re: rt2860sta (asus 130n) 802.11n not working for quite some time

mine looks like this

MODULES=(dm-crypt blowfish sha1 smsc47m1 smsc47m192 !rt2800usb !rt2x00lib !rt2x00usb)

so i have same modules disabled

$  dmesg | grep rt28
rt2860sta: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
rt2860 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
<==== rt28xx_init, Status=0

$  lspci | grep -i rt
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
04:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI

eltebe

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 8

Re: rt2860sta (asus 130n) 802.11n not working for quite some time

another question how to find files like firmware or others i could possibly swap to ralink provided one
all i get is

$  find / -name '*rt2860*'
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/rt2860
/sys/module/rt2860sta
/sys/module/rt2860sta/drivers/pci:rt2860
/lib/modules/2.6.33-ARCH/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860
/lib/modules/2.6.33-ARCH/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko

all the files have fresh timestamps

only thing I did lately was delete /etc/Wireless/.... dat file with configuration options but if i remember correctly reference to this file was removed in previous driver versions

Can wpa_supplicant configuration files or others interfere with connection?
Are keys used to authenticate stored somewhere?
Can wireless-settings.conf from wicd with old entries break something?

Last edited by eltebe (2010-04-15 13:23:51)