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Stone.Giant:
Hello hardcores! Today im posting a problem about setting up for those who have a Ralink 2870 wifi dongle to my
tc@box: uname -a
Linux box 3.8.10-tinycore #3810 SMP Tue Apr 30 15:45:26 UTC 2013 i686 GNU/Linux.

I did not see any wlan0 detected
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:F0:9F:36:1C
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3022 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2815 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3343421 (3.1 MiB) TX bytes:335627 (327.7 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:200 (200.0 B) TX bytes:200 (200.0 B)

Nor in this command

tc@box:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 02)

From the forums I read I already tried to modprobe rt2800 but no avail, I think it is for Realtek semicons. Any ideas how could I set up this dongle? By the way I have a .bin file driver that I get from its CD how could I convert it to a .tcz file?

Rich:
Hi Stone.Giant
rt2870.bin is contained in firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz
Also, your Ralink adapter won't show up using lspci if that's what you were expecting. You need lsusb for that which is
provided by usb-utils.tcz.

Rich:
Hi Stone.Giant
You also need to install wireless-3.8.10-tinycore.tcz if you haven't done so already.

Stone.Giant:
Hi thank you and sorry for late reply, I already installed what you have said and placed it on-boot section but I still did'nt see my wireless device in ifconfig

--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:F0:9F:36:1C
inet addr:192.168.1.110 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1688 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1578 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2149398 (2.0 MiB) TX bytes:177011 (172.8 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3656 (3.5 KiB) TX bytes:3656 (3.5 KiB)

--- End code ---

but I see it now in lsusb command

--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

--- End code ---

Kindly tell me the step by step procedure to run this device. Should I modprobe this device but I dont now what folder it is in?

--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ modprobe -l | grep wireless

kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/adm8211.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/airo.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/airo_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/at76c50x-usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl_core.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl_sdio.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl_usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/brcmfmac.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/libipw.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwlegacy.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/iwldvm.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_sdio.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/usb8xxx.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf_usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_pcie.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_sdio.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_nortel.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_plx.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_tmd.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/spectrum_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/prism54.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/rtl8180.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rtl8192de.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rtl8723ae.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251_sdio.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_sdio.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd1211rw.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/net/wireless/lib80211.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_ccmp.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_tkip.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_wep.ko.gz
kernel.tclocal/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.gz

--- End code ---

Appreciate your help.

[EDIT]: Added code tags to post. Rich

gerald_clark:
ifconfig will only show configured interfaces.
To see them all run 'ifconfig -a'.
Check dmesg to be sure you are not missing firmware.

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