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DeeCodeUh

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From: Michigan, USA

Registered: 2007-11-27

Posts: 176

Ralink 2860 Wireless Card

Hello, with my Ralink 2860 my wireless device has always been identified as ra0 instead of wlan0 and it worked fine. Well with a recent kernel update, my device got switched to being identified as wlan0, and now I have problems connecting to networks via essid, problems with creating a stable connection, now it seems like my card only wants to connect half the time... What went on? What was wrong with the old driver? I know I can always downgrade to the old kernel, or install the driver from the manufacturer's website. But I'm just wondering why the kernel "upgraded" to a driver that no longer makes my card work.

DeeCodeUh

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From: Michigan, USA

Registered: 2007-11-27

Posts: 176

Re: Ralink 2860 Wireless Card

Ok, I just found a related thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=669653

Last edited by DeeCodeUh (2010-01-11 17:02:09)

DeeCodeUh

Member

From: Michigan, USA

Registered: 2007-11-27

Posts: 176

Re: Ralink 2860 Wireless Card

For those who are wondering, upgrading to kernel26 2.6.33_rc3 fixed this problem.