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Tiny Core Base => Raspberry Pi => Topic started by: pppqq on January 27, 2025, 07:34:57 AM

Title: [Solved] ralink usb wifi adator not working
Post by: pppqq on January 27, 2025, 07:34:57 AM

hello,
I am running TinyCore 14.1 on a pi 2 model B vs 1.1
I am trying to get a ralink adaptor to work, however no wlan0 shows up for ifconfig -a

The tc modules loaded on boot are:

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openssh.tcz
wifi.tcz
firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz
firmware-rpi-wifi.tcz
nano.tcz
curl.tcz
filesystems-6.1.68-piCore-v7.tcz
alsa.tcz
alsa-utils.tcz
ffmpeg.tcz
usbutils.tcz


Running lsusb gives me

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Bus 001 Device 007: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

Running dmesg gives me

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[  696.854513] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 4
[  699.457226] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg
[  699.604912] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=5370, bcdDevice= 1.01
[  699.604967] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  699.604989] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
[  699.605006] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Ralink
[  699.605022] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 1.0

As far as can see, the device is recognised but nothing is loaded to service it. I have the correct firmware module "firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz"

( I am using TinyCore 14.1 because 15.0 does not work properly with the pi zero W )

Title: Re: ralink usb wifi adator not working
Post by: Juanito on January 27, 2025, 08:53:32 AM

Is wireless-KERNEL loaded?

Note that it needs to be loaded after the firmware.

Title: Re: ralink usb wifi adator not working
Post by: Paul_123 on January 27, 2025, 09:24:59 AM

I'm not an Ralink user, but wouldn't the 5370 chipset fall in the experimental drivers that are not enabled?

Title: Re: ralink usb wifi adator not working
Post by: Rich on January 27, 2025, 10:02:27 AM

Hi Paul_123
It is marked as experimental, but appears to be
enabled and built in:

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CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT53XX=y

Title: Re: ralink usb wifi adator not working
Post by: pppqq on January 27, 2025, 10:13:53 AM

Adding wireless-KERNEL to the mix has solved the problem.
Thanks very much.

This is my onboot.lst..... ignore nano,curl,ffmpeg and alsa

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openssh.tcz
wifi.tcz
firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz
firmware-rpi-wifi.tcz
wireless-KERNEL
nano.tcz
curl.tcz
filesystems-6.1.68-piCore-v7.tcz
alsa.tcz
alsa-utils.tcz
ffmpeg.tcz
usbutils.tcz
wireless-6.1.68-piCore-v7.tcz