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anpabe

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-26

Posts: 4

Problems with Sitecom WL-608

Hello,

I've bought a Sitecom WL-608 and it does not work as it should. It seems to be recognized by Arch:

(I have to mention before that, "eth0" is a build-in interface, the stick will be used on another computer but since I have no internet there I post things from my laptop working with the same Archlinux build)

lsusb:

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0df6:003f Sitecom Europe B.V. WL-608 Wireless USB Adapter 54g
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

ifconfig:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:6F:00:3C:E5  
          inet addr:192.168.178.24  Bcast:192.168.178.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:6fff:fe00:3ce5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:69683 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:49585 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:95344995 (90.9 Mb)  TX bytes:4152962 (3.9 Mb)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000 Memory:dfcfd000-dfcfdfff 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:5673 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5673 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:692944 (676.7 Kb)  TX bytes:692944 (676.7 Kb)

iwconfig:

eth0      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"***********"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:01:E3:4E:1A:B4   
          Bit Rate:24 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0  
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=68/100  Signal level=-59 dBm  Noise level=-85 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:4  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

ifconfig wlan0 up

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

uname -a:

Linux GAIA 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT thu May 13 12:06:25 CEST 2010 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

I have read somewhere that the WL-608 has a similar chip than the RT2870 which exists within pacman. I have installed the new version from AUR (see: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=73964) and there was the same behavior (and also the same after "modprobe rt2870sta").

Then I found a thread which said that the drivers do not recognize the usb id and it should be added (http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-List … 05041.html). If I look at the lsusb output this would make sense but I'm not shure and I don't know where I get the source because in the AUR files the file which should be changed is binary.

I hope someone has any ideas on this.

- Greetings

anpabe

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-26

Posts: 4

Re: Problems with Sitecom WL-608

I found the file which was meant in the package: common/rtusb_dev_id.c but the id was already changed...

anpabe

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-26

Posts: 4

Re: Problems with Sitecom WL-608

After two days of just trying out random stuff, I figured it out. I loaded the new rt2870sta with the Modules in "/etc/rc.conf" and excluded some, described here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 13#p646813. After that I created a profile within the /etc/network.d folder and it worked!