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Offline georgp24

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2014, 04:03:12 PM »
I got a Ralink RT2501/RT2573 (USB wireless adapter) working in Core Linux 477 now.

In dmesg it showed up as "rt73usb". It was automatically detected, "iwconfig" showed it as "wlan0". I had installed "firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz" from 5.x though via onboot.lst so this may have helped.

So all I had to do then was to run "sudo wifi.sh" and connect to the network. This was an open access point.

I also tried a Ralink PCI adapter before. For this I had to do "sudo modprobe rt61pci" before it showed up with iwconfig.

Also helpful was the "rfkill" utility which shows if the adapter is blocked somehow. I found that I had to press the wifi button first to remove the "hard blocked" state. After that I entered "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" to enable the adapter.

So in your case I would do:
"sudo modprobe rt73usb" and see if it then shows up in iwconfig. If yes, enter "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" followed by "sudo wifi.sh".

Hope this helps.

Georg
« Last Edit: April 14, 2014, 02:06:39 AM by georgp24 »

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #31 on: April 14, 2014, 02:33:39 PM »
I got a Ralink RT2501/RT2573 (USB wireless adapter) working in Core Linux 477 now.

In dmesg it showed up as "rt73usb". It was automatically detected, "iwconfig" showed it as "wlan0". I had installed "firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz" from 5.x though via onboot.lst so this may have helped.

So all I had to do then was to run "sudo wifi.sh" and connect to the network. This was an open access point.

I also tried a Ralink PCI adapter before. For this I had to do "sudo modprobe rt61pci" before it showed up with iwconfig.

Also helpful was the "rfkill" utility which shows if the adapter is blocked somehow. I found that I had to press the wifi button first to remove the "hard blocked" state. After that I entered "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" to enable the adapter.

So in your case I would do:
"sudo modprobe rt73usb" and see if it then shows up in iwconfig. If yes, enter "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" followed by "sudo wifi.sh".

Hope this helps.

Georg

I did not download firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz but I saw rt73usb and modprobe it

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tc@box:/$ modprobe -l | grep wireless
kernel/drivers/tty/ipwireless/ipwireless.ko.gz
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
[color=red]kernel.tclocal/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.ko.gz[/color]
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/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
 

tc@box:/$ sudo modprobe -v rt73usb

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tc@box:/$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
rt73usb                20480  0
rt2x00usb              12288  1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib              28672  2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
mac80211              155648  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211              110592  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
speedstep_lib          12288  0
cpufreq_stats          12288  0
cpufreq_powersave      12288  0
cpufreq_userspace      12288  0
cpufreq_conservative    12288  0
snd_intel8x0           20480  0
snd_ac97_codec         73728  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus               12288  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                49152  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              20480  1 snd_pcm
snd                    36864  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              12288  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         12288  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
squashfs               24576 117
loop                   20480 234
ppdev                  12288  0
mperf                  12288  0
floppy                 45056  0
parport_pc             24576  0
parport                24576  2 ppdev,parport_pc
e100                   28672  0
lpc_ich                16384  0
microcode              12288  0
mfd_core               12288  1 lpc_ich
pcspkr                 12288  0
 

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tc@box:/$ iwconfig
ip_vti0   no wireless extensions.

dummy0    no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

tunl0     no wireless extensions.

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tc@box:/$ dmesg | tail -20
microcode: CPU1 sig=0xf41, pf=0x4, revision=0x9
microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3000.501 MHz
Switching to clocksource tsc
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4
loop: module loaded
Adding 511540k swap on /dev/zram0.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:511540k SS
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
Adding 511996k swap on /dev/sda3.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:511996k
EXT4-fs (sda4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
snd_intel8x0 0000:00:1f.5: setting latency timer to 64
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 53239 usecs (2565 samples)
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
e100 0000:03:08.0 eth0: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 2
usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci

Should I reboot first?

Here are the links from my CD firmware maybe this will help you identify which should I modprobe. Thanks.

http://www.4shared.com/zip/qVeQrrYnce/RT2870_Firmware_V22.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/W_HzKiUcba/2011_0225_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/OjIeZ4ygba/2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370.html

Offline georgp24

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #32 on: April 14, 2014, 03:30:15 PM »
Since I used Corelinux I had to add firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz, I guess Coreplus already comes with this firmware.

What you list seems to indicate that rt73usb is loaded, but I would just try to load it anyway with "sudo modprobe rt73usb". Maybe it then shows up with iwconfig.

You may also look at dmesg after some time again. I currently have trouble with a Broadcom wifi adapter. After booting the dmesg log looked ok for me, but after unsuccessfully running wifi.sh and other tools I looked at dmesg again and there were several errors reported.

I agree that this is probably not very helpful for you.

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #33 on: April 14, 2014, 05:32:46 PM »
You could also compile a  RT5370 usb driver as described here:
[Tutorial] Howto install ralink RT5370 wifi adapter: http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread.php?tid=8333

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #34 on: April 22, 2014, 02:50:08 AM »
Thanks for that info I'll try ASAP

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #35 on: April 22, 2014, 02:56:25 AM »
This is one of two files sent to you already, though from a different source.   Be nice to see if it or the new driver (compiled with rt5370 support) from the kernel source works with your adapter
« Last Edit: April 22, 2014, 02:58:44 AM by coreplayer2 »

Offline serhi999se

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #36 on: November 23, 2014, 07:47:32 PM »
#!/bin/sh
modprobe rt2800usb
echo 148F 5370 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id &

Offline Gera99

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2016, 04:57:24 AM »
Hi!

I do not understand exactly.
Eeveryone gave up :) or solved just i not understand something?

Because i have same problem.

PC: Dell Wyse r0x tinycore current iso stick: Tenda W311Ma
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https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Tenda_W311MaTCz .: firmware-raliknwifi wifi usbutils wireless4.2.9-tinycore
installed

when i plug another port :
Dmesg write: usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci

sudo  modprope -v  rt2800usb
Dmesg write: usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
but nothing.

Someone have idea or buy another adapter? (RTL)

Thanks

Offline curaga

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #38 on: December 21, 2016, 05:04:01 AM »
Support for that chip, 5370, was still experimental (and still is as of 4.8), so it's disabled in our kernel.

You can either build a custom kernel, or get a better supported stick. Atheros ones are excellent.
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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #39 on: December 22, 2016, 03:40:08 PM »
Ok Master.
Thanks for that info. 

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Re: Ralink wifi cannot setup
« Reply #40 on: December 22, 2016, 04:47:13 PM »
Is it supported by Windows? If yes you can try ndiswrapper.
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