[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

[Jakob Unterwurzacher]

** Description changed:

  SRU Justification for Lucid for linux-backports-modules-2.6.32:
  
  The change adds a new version of the rt2860sta and rt2870sta drivers to
  the linux-backports-modules-wireless package. The drivers did not exist
  before, so there is no regression potential due to them. If the drivers
  fail to work properly, the user can just remove the package and use the
  stock drivers.
+ 
+ Note: To get the backported driver:
+ # aptitude install linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic
  
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  The rt2860sta module, included with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) cannot connect to mixed WPA/WPA2 networks.
  This driver is used in most EeePCs.
  This issue is fixed in the 2.6.33 kernel, unfortunately this kernel is not yet available in Lucid.
  
  Symptoms are: connection works once but disconnects rapidly and then
  gets stuck in a connect/ask password cycle, or cannot connect at all.
  
  There are two known fixes at the moment:
  [1]: Ricardo Salveti maintains a 2.6.32 kernel with the fix backported (See comment #80)
  [2]: Installing the official drivers from RaLink also solves the issue for some. (See comment #107).
  
  To check if your wireless chipset is indeed the RaLink chipset that is affected by this driver, execute the "lspci -vnn | grep RaLink" command.
  It should display something close to the following:
  
  $ lspci -vnn | grep RaLink
  01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2860 [1814:0781]
   Subsystem: RaLink Device [1814:2790]

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[lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093
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