usbnic not recognized

jayunplugged · 03-22-2010, 05:59 PM

what next?

it knows something is in there, lsusb shows device id 148f:2573

lsmod no diff w or w/out

it is a ralink

paulsm4 · 03-22-2010, 06:01 PM

"What's different" between where it works, and where it doesn't?

jayunplugged · 03-22-2010, 06:37 PM

the os, Puppy is 100mb dsl is 50mb

and it's a rt73, i just found out popping it into my vista box

i'll look for win drivers and see if i can ndiswrapper them

paulsm4 · 03-22-2010, 06:42 PM

Absolutely the right thing to do. "Google Damn Small Linux lsusb 148F:2573" turned up this:

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Chipset: RaLink? RT2573 - USB ID 148F:2573
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Driver: Ndiswrapper 1.24rc4 and RT73 from http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Wi...06_0.0.5.0.exe
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Other: SuSE linux 64 bits build - Ndiswrapper requires a 64 bits windows driver
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Other: extract the XP drivers and copy the driver files created in “RALINK/RT7x Wireless LAN Card/Installer/WINX64”
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Other: Does not support switching off Wifi or sleeping, you’ll have to unload and reload the module