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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)
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I am following this post:
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswit … .php?t=635
And will post back my results.
Walter
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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.
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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
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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.
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