Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

iamsmrt · 2011-08-14 00:45:13

I recently upgraded my kernel to 3.0 on my Asus 901 and have had issues getting the wireless to work. Before the upgrade, I was using the rt2860sta drivers but that has been merged into rt2800pci from what I understand. I'm using netcfg to connect to an access point and it seems to connect well enough but I cannot ping anything, the symptoms seem to be the same as found in this thread but the solution doesn't apply to kernel 3.0: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-801175.html). Any ideas? Here's some potentially relevant output.

wpa_cli status

Selected interface 'wlan0'
bssid=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ssid=MYSSID
id=0
mode=station
pairwise_cipher=TKIP
group_cipher=TKIP
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_state=COMPLETED
ip_address=192.168.1.159

ifconfig

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:AF:BC:04:61  
          inet addr:192.168.1.159  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:febc:461/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:183 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:13604 (13.2 Kb)  TX bytes:19580 (19.1 Kb)

iwconfig

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"MYSSID"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.417 GHz  Access Point: 02:24:01:9F:39:93   
          Bit Rate=65 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=68/70  Signal level=-42 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:157   Missed beacon:0

lspci -v

01:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2860
	Subsystem: Ralink corp. Device 2790
	Physical Slot: eeepc-wifi
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/32 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
	Kernel modules: rt2800pci

ewaller · 2011-08-14 04:59:12

Well, you are associated with the access point. That is good.
It appears you are using static addresses. That tells me you probably are dealing with a routing problem and likely don't have a default gateway set.

What does the output of ip route look like??

castlevaniahellraiser · 2011-08-14 05:54:04

In your wpa_cli, try changing your mode= from station to managed.

I get the same thing on iwconfig, but, I have a rt2870. So, I downgraded to my old kernel in the meantime, seems as though there hasn't been a driver update since 2010.

iamsmrt · 2011-08-14 20:26:44

ewaller wrote:

Well, you are associated with the access point. That is good.
It appears you are using static addresses. That tells me you probably are dealing with a routing problem and likely don't have a default gateway set.
What does the output of ip route look like??

Nope, not using static addresses. Here's my output of ip route:

default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 metric 302
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.162 metric 302

castlevaniahellraiser wrote:

In your wpa_cli, try changing your mode= from station to managed.
I get the same thing on iwconfig, but, I have a rt2870. So, I downgraded to my old kernel in the meantime, seems as though there hasn't been a driver update since 2010.

How do I do that? When I try wpa_cli it says that it can't connect to wpa_supplicant.

iamsmrt · 2011-08-15 18:31:43

Hrm, it looks like an issue with my configuration with my network at work because it works fine at home.

castlevaniahellraiser · 2011-08-16 04:40:04

Check your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and change the mode= from station to managed.

castlevaniahellraiser · 2011-08-16 09:20:17

Try installing http://eng.ralinktech.com.tw/license_us … pBdWRHRnlD (just click accept, don't enter any info) then, do a

make install

in the directory after you

tar zxvf

the file you download from the link.

Last edited by castlevaniahellraiser (2011-08-16 19:24:33)

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#1 2011-08-14 00:45:13

Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

#2 2011-08-14 04:59:12

Re: Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

#3 2011-08-14 05:54:04

Re: Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

#4 2011-08-14 20:26:44

Re: Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

#5 2011-08-15 18:31:43

Re: Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

#6 2011-08-16 04:40:04

Re: Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

#7 2011-08-16 09:20:17

Re: Kernel 3.0, RT2860, cannot ping.

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