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I recently downloaded Ralink's RT61 Wireless G MiniPCI driver (after numerous failed attempts with serialmonke's), and compiled it. The driver works and loads, but I cannot get it to load on boot. I have added rt61 on rc.conf, but modprobe and the bootup screen show "FATAL: Module rt61 not found". Where is the folder I should drop rt61.ko into? It works with insmod.
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If I were you, I'd do something like this:
mkdir /usr/local/lib/modules/
cp /path/to/rt61.ko /usr/local/lib/modules/
echo "insmod /usr/local/lib/modules/rt61.ko" >> /etc /rc.local
That way, all the stuff that isn't managed by pacman is kept in a central location.
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I put the module in there, but it will not set up the Network right. Ifconfig does not receive a dhcp signal. How do you get ifconfig to add dhcp?
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Wlan appeared some kind of tricky to me at the first time.
I suggest you configure it manually for the first time and then set up the network-settings.
In most cases I assume this will work: (orginating in standard settings)
# ifconfig wlan0 up //assuming wlan0 is you wlan device
# iwconfig //make shure is shows up wireless extension
# iwconfig wlan0 essid MYESSID //sets essid to MYESSID (selfexplaining ^^)
# iwconfig wlan0 key ************
# dhcpcd wlan0
Either this is working or you have to make additional changes like the channel or the encryption mode.
$ man iwconfig
This will be very usefull.
After you've figured out how to set up your network manually, it sould be easy to make arch do this at startup:
ArchWiki: Wireless Setup
Hope this helps.
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For some reason, dhcpcd will not register an IP address, but instead, brings down the whole network.
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try doing depmod -a after you've manually loaded it.
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