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Xherziu

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 58

rt2570, no interface

Got a wireless USB adapter, WUSB54G... I downloaded and installed the rt2570 driver, I'm not sure if it is working or not though.

- lsusb shows my adapter
- I did a modprobe rt2570 and it shows up in lsmod
- When I do ifconfig wlan0 up ... or ... ifconfig rausb0 up, it says that there is no such interface
- When I do an ifconfig -a only shows eth0 and lo

Anybody know what the deal is?

Xherziu

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 58

Re: rt2570, no interface

I've been following the guides on the rt2x00 website but they are for fedora and mandrake so the paths and such are mixed around.  Looks like I need to make a network script for my adapter but have no idea how.

I have no wlan0 interface either, how would I get one or view my current interfaces?

I know this is asking a little much but if someone has the time could they write a guide on getting the rt2570 to work?

I saw this on the rt2x00 website,

"Every Linux distribution is different. And such we have started to compile a library of specific HOWTO's that have been written for getting our drivers working under different specific circumstances. All these HOWTO's have been written and donated by the community. If you have a HOWTO for a distro not listed then please email it to serialmonkey"

http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/ind … tle=HOWTOS

He might put it up with the other distro guides... it would help spread Arch's name around.

Last edited by Xherziu (2008-06-01 03:47:16)

tyr0

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Registered: 2007-06-02

Posts: 152

Re: rt2570, no interface

Have you tried the package from AUR? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13098
Then try to start the interface

ifconfig rausb0 up
configure it:
iwconfig rausb0 mode managed essid xyz key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
dhcpcd rausb0

Last edited by tyr0 (2008-06-01 10:14:45)

Xherziu

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 58

Re: rt2570, no interface

I can't get it too work, I'm gonna stop and try with ndiswrapper today.

Xherziu

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 58

Re: rt2570, no interface

Sigh, it doesn't work with ndiswrapper either. 

I got to here...

bash-3.2# ndiswrapper -l
wusb54g : driver installed
              device (1915:2234) present (alternate driver: p54usb)
bash-3.2# modprobe ndiswrapper

The tutorials say that wlan0 should be up now... but its not.  Other people say this adapter works, I don't get it...  Am I missing some steps?

klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: rt2570, no interface

That is not a ralink chipset. It is a prism-chipset (see this thread on rt2x00-forums)
I have no experience with these cards, but here is a website with linux-drivers

Last edited by klixon (2008-06-02 08:24:00)

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Xherziu

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 58

Re: rt2570, no interface

I've tried around 3 - 4 different drivers that people say it works for them.  The only one that appears to work is the one that came on the windows CD which is the wusb54G (which is also the one on that website)

klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: rt2570, no interface

next time, if it's a usb-device, use the "lsusb" command to figure out the device ID and google from there.
For pci-devices, lspci does the same trick.
That way you know what you are looking for...

PS: wireless is a pita... I did have a ralink-chipset in my box once and the cd that came with the card had drivers for a previous chipset they used on an older version of the card with the same name, so you're not the only one making mistakes there . Apparently manufacturers also switch brands instead of models of chipsets for cards with the same name. Go figure...

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