problem setting up WiFi

[Ben Edwards (lists)]

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 22:32 +0900, Mait wrote:
> 2006-03-22 23:35 +0000, Ben Edwards Write: 
> > PS, I tried 
> > 
> > modprobe rt2500
> > 
> > 
> > it did not return any errors but still no joy;(
> 
> It seems to be good. When modprobing, dont return errors if it is
> succesful. If you want, after modprbe something, 'dmesg | tail' show
> info about loaded module.
> 
> After modprobe, Check System->Administration->Networking. or In terminal
> 'ifconfig -a'

Gave this a try, nothing new in dmesg (c below) and no new interfaces in
->Networking.  Just wondering, is the lspci line below correct, Ime
getting the feeling the card is a dud.  The Unknown Device bit is a bit
worrying.  ifconfig -a shows sit0 (c below) but sit0 does not appear if
I do not include -a.

0000:02:03.0 Network controller: RaLink: Unknown device 0301

ben at twig:~$ dmesg | tail

[4294717.784000] [drm] Initialized mga 3.1.0 20021029 on minor 0: Matrox
Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP
[4294717.786000] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at
0000:00:00.0.
[4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x
mode
[4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x
mode
[4294717.926000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[4294720.167000] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version
1.16ac)
[4294720.167000] apm: overridden by ACPI.
[4294970.208000] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[4294970.412000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[4294970.431000] ISOFS: changing to secondary root

ben at twig:~$ sudo modprobe rt2500

ben at twig:~$ dmesg | tail

[4294717.784000] [drm] Initialized mga 3.1.0 20021029 on minor 0: Matrox
Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP
[4294717.786000] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at
0000:00:00.0.
[4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x
mode
[4294717.786000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x
mode
[4294717.926000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[4294720.167000] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version
1.16ac)
[4294720.167000] apm: overridden by ACPI.
[4294970.208000] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[4294970.412000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[4294970.431000] ISOFS: changing to secondary root

ben at twig:~$ ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C1:26:02:B4:21
          inet addr:192.168.1.90  Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2c1:26ff:fe02:b421/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:141 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:22615 (22.0 KiB)  TX bytes:10764 (10.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:21 Base address:0xc000

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:2017 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2017 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:541983 (529.2 KiB)  TX bytes:541983 (529.2 KiB)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
          NOARP  MTU:1480  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)

Ben

> > Ben
> > 
> > On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 22:44 +0000, Ben Edwards wrote:
> > > I am trying to get a EDIMAX EW-71288G WiFi card working.  lspci gives
> > > me:-
> > > 
> > > 0000:02:03.0 Network controller: RaLink: Unknown device 0301
> > > 
> > > Not sure if this is correct.
> > > 
> > > I have tried ndiswrapper with the drivers under the 'Windows x64'
> > > directory on the CD (this is the only place with .inf files on the CD)
> > > and the ones from the ndiswrapper site.  I do get 'driver
> > > installed,hardware present' bit iwconfig douse not show up and WiFi
> > > devices.
> > > 
> > > Then I realised this card is a RalinkRT2500 and should work out of the
> > > box.  I removed ndiswrapper (apt-get remove) and looked at
> > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/RalinkRT2500?action=show&redirect=Rt2500WirelessCardsHowTo
> > > bit the modules do not seem to of been loaded;(
> > > 
> > > Any Ideas,
> > > Ben
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> --
> Mait
> 
>