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geezee

Member

From: Lausanne

Registered: 2013-07-12

Posts: 11

rt2800usb driver for TL-WN321G not working

Hello,

I have a TL-WN321G Wireless dongle that won't work on my arch (kernel 3.12.9-1).
I tried it on Ubuntu on another partition on my laptop and worked.

I tried doing `lshw` on Ubuntu and got the following for the dongle:

id:	network
description: 	Wireless interface
physical id: 	3
bus info: 	usb@3:3
logical name: 	wlan62
serial: 	74:ea:3a:8c:56:0e
capabilities: 	ethernet physical wireless
configuration:	
broadcast	=	yes
driver	=	rt2800usb
driverversion	=	3.5.0-28-generic
firmware	=	0.29
ip	=	192.168.1.71
link	=	yes
multicast	=	yes
wireless	=	IEEE 802.11bg

`lsmod` on Arch produces:

Module                  Size  Used by
rndis_host              7770  0 
cdc_ether               7380  1 rndis_host
usbnet                 26842  2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
mii                     4035  1 usbnet
usb_storage            48007  0 
arc4                    2008  4 
nvidia              10621511  27 
x86_pkg_temp_thermal     6999  0 
intel_powerclamp        8642  0 
joydev                  9671  0 
coretemp                6334  0 
brcmsmac              512967  0 
kvm                   388581  0 
cordic                  1120  1 brcmsmac
brcmutil                4581  1 brcmsmac
crct10dif_pclmul        4754  0 
crct10dif_common        1380  1 crct10dif_pclmul
crc32_pclmul            3027  0 
b43                   364869  0 
crc32c_intel           14257  0 
ghash_clmulni_intel     4509  0 
rt2800usb              20261  0 
aesni_intel            46132  0 
uvcvideo               72836  0 
aes_x86_64              7407  1 aesni_intel
ssb                    55507  1 b43
lrw                     3573  1 aesni_intel
rt2x00usb               9162  1 rt2800usb
gf128mul                5866  1 lrw
mmc_core               95691  2 b43,ssb
rt2800lib              74627  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              37775  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
videobuf2_vmalloc       3280  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2343  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         27963  1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     30162  1 
iTCO_wdt                5407  0 
alx                    25231  0 
videodev              111332  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
glue_helper             4617  1 aesni_intel
pcmcia                 45396  2 b43,ssb
media                  11751  2 uvcvideo,videodev
mac80211              468058  5 b43,brcmsmac,rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
ablk_helper             1980  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                  8481  3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
pcmcia_core            14264  1 pcmcia
rts5139               332075  0 
i915                  657857  2 
cfg80211              412662  4 b43,brcmsmac,mac80211,rt2x00lib
crc_ccitt               1371  1 rt2800lib
iTCO_vendor_support     1937  1 iTCO_wdt
evdev                  11085  17 
psmouse                85460  0 
bcma                   36200  3 b43,brcmsmac
snd_hda_codec_conexant    36759  1 
intel_agp              10880  1 i915
mdio                    3533  1 alx
serio_raw               5049  0 
snd_hda_intel          37000  4 
intel_gtt              12664  2 i915,intel_agp
microcode              15216  0 
ideapad_laptop          9969  0 
drm_kms_helper         36254  1 i915
sparse_keymap           3154  1 ideapad_laptop
snd_hda_codec         150305  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
drm                   238270  5 i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia
snd_hwdep               6340  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                77645  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
rfkill                 15651  2 cfg80211,ideapad_laptop
i2c_algo_bit            5399  1 i915
ac                      3332  0 
thermal                 8532  0 
battery                 7573  0 
processor              24903  0 
snd_page_alloc          7242  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
button                  4677  1 i915
video                  11196  1 i915
lpc_ich                13376  0 
snd_timer              18726  2 snd_pcm
i2c_i801               11277  0 
i2c_core               24632  7 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nvidia,videodev
mei_me                  9400  0 
mei                    62286  1 mei_me
shpchp                 25465  0 
snd                    59109  13 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore               5450  1 snd
ext4                  474699  2 
crc16                   1367  1 ext4
mbcache                 6082  1 ext4
jbd2                   83440  1 ext4
hid_generic             1161  0 
usbhid                 40577  0 
hid                    90742  2 hid_generic,usbhid
sr_mod                 14898  0 
cdrom                  34848  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 30821  3 
ahci                   23088  2 
libahci                21642  1 ahci
libata                171112  2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod              130669  5 rts5139,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
ehci_pci                4000  0 
ehci_hcd               59252  1 ehci_pci
xhci_hcd              145281  0 
usbcore               180104  12 uvcvideo,rndis_host,rts5139,rt2x00usb,usb_storage,rt2800usb,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,usbnet,xhci_hcd,cdc_ether
usb_common              1656  1 usbcore

Since rt2800 is in the driver list, shouldn't the dongle just work?

`rfkill list` produces for the dongle

6: phy4: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: rt2800usb driver for TL-WN321G not working

Ehmm.. unblock it.

geezee

Member

From: Lausanne

Registered: 2013-07-12

Posts: 11

Re: rt2800usb driver for TL-WN321G not working

Ehmm.. unblock it.

I tried `rfkill unblock 6`, it was unblocked but if I run `ifconfig` I don't get an interface for the dongle.