(Pending Solved) wireless problem help!

Google · 2010-06-12 15:10:27

A firmware problem? I heard (read) the rt2860 worked without a hitch in Arch, what can I do to fix this?

[root@Archlinux ~]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
[root@Archlinux ~]# ^C
[root@Archlinux ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

[root@Archlinux ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:61:86:19:22:85  
          inet addr:192.168.0.16  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::4261:86ff:fe19:2285/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:856 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:782 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:739667 (722.3 Kb)  TX bytes:99504 (97.1 Kb)
          Interrupt:26 Base address:0x6000 

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:21:D4:B2:80  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[root@Archlinux ~]# dmesg -c > /dev/null
[root@Archlinux ~]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
[root@Archlinux ~]# dmesg -c
rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting rt2860.bin
phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.

Last edited by Google (2010-06-12 15:28:31)

Caveman85de · 2010-06-12 15:14:36

iconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scanning

.)

Edit:
Sorry, should have read 'ifconfig'.

Last edited by Caveman85de (2010-06-13 12:02:32)

Google · 2010-06-12 15:15:50

[root@Archlinux ~]# iconfig wlan0 up
-bash: iconfig: command not found
[root@Archlinux ~]# iwlist wlan0 scanning
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

Google · 2010-06-12 15:28:49

Pending Solved based on this users post in an old topic,

Cdh wrote:

When trying 2.6.34 I was missing the firmware file.
It should be in /lib/firmware/rt2860.bin
If it is not you need to download the driver from ralinktech, extract this file and put it there.
You get it here:
http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2
"Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CardBus series (RT2760/RT2790/RT2860/RT2890/RT3060/RT3062/RT3562/RT2860/RT2760/RT2890/RT2790/RT3090)"

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#1 2010-06-12 15:10:27

(Pending Solved) wireless problem help!

#2 2010-06-12 15:14:36

Re: (Pending Solved) wireless problem help!

#3 2010-06-12 15:15:50

Re: (Pending Solved) wireless problem help!

#4 2010-06-12 15:28:49

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