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MSI wireless PC70SE 802.11n on Linux
The MSI PC70SE is one of the newest wireless PCI-cards available with the choise to upgrade your WiFi-configuration or your performance.
It's 300% faster or wider-range then the normall 802.11g cards.
All standard available drivers or for Windows XP (64x) & Windows Vista.
Now the main question:
* How the F*** do you install the wireless cards on a Linux Distribution (like opensuse version 10.3)?
After some searching on the internet i found the website of Ralink (the Manufacter of the Chipset on the MSI-Cards) and found also the available Linux-Drivers..
But a good Documentation for somebody who's new to the OpenSource-Community.. Nooo way, it looks like you must be in the Linux-world for couple of years, before you easely find out what the H*** they mean.
That's not user-friendly for my point of view..
So can anybody help these people, just by explaining how to install the drivers and how to configure them??
If you point to the documentation thats giving you trouble, maybe we could help. It also might be helpful if you tell us what the exact chipset you've got is.
BUT, the installation-script doens't make much sense!
Code:
* README
*
* Ralink Tech Inc.
*
* http://www.ralinktech.com
*
=======================================================================
ModelName:
===========
RT2860 Wireless Lan Linux Driver
=======================================================================
Driver lName:
=============
rt2860.o/rt2860.ko
=======================================================================
Supporting Kernel:
===================
linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 series.
Tested in Redhat 7.3 or later.
=======================================================================
Description:
=============
This is a linux device driver for Ralink RT2860 ABGN WLAN Card.
=======================================================================
Contents:
=============
Makefile : Makefile
*.c : c files
*.h : header files
=======================================================================
Features:
==========
This driver implements basic IEEE802.11. Infrastructure and adhoc mode with
open or shared or WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication method.
NONE, WEP, TKIP and AES encryption.
=======================================================================
Build Instructions:
====================
1> $tar -xvzf DPB_RT2860_Linux_STA_x.x.x.x.tgz
go to "./DPB_RT2860_Linux_STA_x.x.x.x" directory.
2> In Makefile
set the "MODE = STA" in Makefile and chose the TARGET to Linux by set "TARGET = LINUX"
define the linux kernel source include file path LINUX_SRC
modify to meet your need.
3> In os/linux/config.mk
define the GCC and LD of the target machine
define the compiler flags CFLAGS
modify to meet your need.
** Build for being controlled by NetworkManager or wpa_supplicant wext functions
Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y'.
=> #>cd wpa_supplicant-x.x
=> #>./wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d
** Build for being controlled by WpaSupplicant with Ralink Driver
Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n'.
=> #>cd wpa_supplicant-0.5.7
=> #>./wpa_supplicant -Dralink -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d
4> $make # compile driver source code
5> $cp RT2860STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
# !!!check if it is a binary file before loading !!!
6> load driver
#[kernel 2.4]
# $/sbin/insmod rt2860sta.o
# $/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up
#[kernel 2.6]
# $/sbin/insmod rt2860sta.ko
# $/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up
7> unload driver
$/sbin/ifconfig ra0 down
$/sbin/rmmod rt2860sta
=======================================================================
CONFIGURATION:
====================
RT2860 driver can be configured via following interfaces,
i.e. (i)"iwconfig" command, (ii)"iwpriv" command, (iii) configuration file
i) iwconfig comes with kernel.
ii) iwpriv usage, please refer to file "iwpriv_usage.txt" for details.
iii)modify configuration file "RT2860STA.dat" in /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat.
Configuration File : RT2860STA.dat
---------------------------------------
# Copy this file to /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
# This file is a binary file and will be read on loading rt.o module.
#
# Use "vi -b rt61sta.dat" to modify settings according to your need.
#
# 1.) set NetworkType to "Adhoc" for using Adhoc-mode, otherwise using Infrastructure
# 2.) set Channel to "0" for auto-select on Infrastructure mode
# 3.) set SSID for connecting to your Accss-point.
# 4.) AuthMode can be "WEPAUTO", "OPEN", "SHARED", "WPAPSK", "WPA2PSK", "WPANONE"
# 5.) EncrypType can be "NONE", "WEP", "TKIP", "AES"
# for more information refer to the Readme file.
#
#The word of "Default" must not be removed
Default
CountryRegion=5
CountryRegionABand=7
CountryCode=
SSID=Dennis2860AP
NetworkType=Infra
WirelessMode=9
Channel=0
BeaconPeriod=100
TxPower=100
BGProtection=0
TxPreamble=0
RTSThreshold=2347
FragThreshold=2346
TxBurst=1
WmmCapable=0
AckPolicy=0;0;0;0
AuthMode=OPEN
EncrypType=NONE
WPAPSK=
DefaultKeyID=1
Key1Type=0
Key1Str=
Key2Type=0
Key2Str=
Key3Type=0
Key3Str=
Key4Type=0
Key4Str=
PSMode=CAM
FastRoaming=0
RoamThreshold=70
HT_RDG=1
HT_EXTCHA=0
HT_OpMode=1
HT_MpduDensity=4
HT_BW=1
HT_AutoBA=1
HT_BADecline=0
HT_AMSDU=0
HT_BAWinSize=64
HT_GI=1
HT_MCS=33
HT_MIMOPSMode=3
IEEE80211H=0
TGnWifiTest=0
WirelessEvent=0
-----------------------------------------------
*NOTE:
WMM parameters
WmmCapable Set it as 1 to turn on WMM Qos support
AckPolicy1~4 Ack policy which support normal Ack or no Ack
(AC_BK, AC_BE, AC_VI, AC_VO)
All WMM parameters do not support iwpriv command but ¡¥WmmCapable¡¦¡¦,
please store all parameter to RT2860STA.dat, and restart driver.
-----------------------------------------------
syntax is 'Param'='Value' and describes below.
@> CountryRegion=value
value
0: use 1 ~ 11 Channel
1: use 1 ~ 13 Channel
2: use 10 ~ 11 Channel
3: use 10 ~ 13 Channel
4: use 14 Channel
5: use 1 ~ 14 Channel
6: use 3 ~ 9 Channel
7: use 5 ~ 13 Channel
31: use 1 ~ 14 Channel (ch1-11:active scan, ch12-14 passive scan)
@> CountryRegionABand=value
value
0: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
1: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140 Channel
2: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64 Channel
3: use 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161 Channel
4: use 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
5: use 149, 153, 157, 161 Channel
6: use 36, 40, 44, 48 Channel
7: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
8: use 52, 56, 60, 64 Channel
9: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
10: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Channel
11: use 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 149, 153, 157, 161 Channel
@> CountryCode=value
value
AG, AR, AW, AU, AT, BS, BB, BM, BR, BE, BG, CA, KY, CL, CN, CO, CR, CY, CZ, DK, DO, EC, SV, FI, FR, DE,
GR, GU, GT, HT, HN, HK, HU, IS, IN, ID, IE, IL, IT, JP, JO, LV, LI, LT, LU, MY, MT, MA, MX, NL, NZ, NO,
PE, PT, PL, RO, RU, SA, CS, SG, SK, SI, ZA, KR, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, GB, UA, AE, US, VE
"" => using default setting: 2.4 G - ch 1~11; 5G - ch 52~64, 100~140, 149~165
@> SSID=value
value
0~z, 1~32 ascii characters.
@> WirelessMode=value
value
0: legacy 11b/g mixed
1: legacy 11B only
2: legacy 11A only //Not support in RfIcType=1(id=RFIC_5225) and RfIcType=2(id=RFIC_5325)
3: legacy 11a/b/g mixed //Not support in RfIcType=1(id=RFIC_5225) and RfIcType=2(id=RFIC_5325)
4: legacy 11G only
5: 11ABGN mixed
6: 11N only
7: 11GN mixed
8: 11AN mixed
9: 11BGN mixed
10: 11AGN mixed
@> Channel=value
value
depends on CountryRegion or CountryRegionABand
@> BGProtection=value
value
0: Auto
1: Always on
2: Always off
@> TxPreamble=value
value
0:Preamble Long
1:Preamble Short
2:Auto
@> RTSThreshold=value
value
1~2347
@> FragThreshold=value
value
256~2346
@> TxBurst=value
value
0: Disable
1: Enable
@> NetworkType=value
value
Infra: infrastructure mode
Adhoc: adhoc mode
@> AuthMode=value
value
OPEN For open system
SHARED For shared key system
WEPAUTO Auto switch between OPEN and SHARED
WPAPSK For WPA pre-shared key (Infra)
WPA2PSK For WPA2 pre-shared key (Infra)
WPANONE For WPA pre-shared key (Adhoc)
WPA Use WPA-Supplicant
WPA2 Use WPA-Supplicant
@> EncrypType=value
value
NONE For AuthMode=OPEN
WEP For AuthMode=OPEN or AuthMode=SHARED
TKIP For AuthMode=WPAPSK or WPA2PSK
AES For AuthMode=WPAPSK or WPA2PSK
@> DefaultKeyID=value
value
1~4
@> Key1=value
Key2=value
Key3=value
Key4=value
value
10 or 26 hexadecimal characters eg: 012345678
5 or 13 ascii characters eg: passd
(usage : "iwpriv" only)
@> Key1Type=vaule
Key2Type=value
Key3Type=vaule
Key4Type=vaule
value
0 hexadecimal type
1 assic type
(usage : reading profile only)
@> Key1Str=value
Key2Str=value
Key3Str=vaule
Key4Str=vaule
value
10 or 26 characters (key type=0)
5 or 13 characters (key type=1)
(usage : reading profile only)
@> WPAPSK=value
value
8~63 ASCII or
64 HEX characters
@> WmmCapable=value
value
0: Disable WMM
1: Enable WMM
@> PSMode=value
value
CAM Constantly Awake Mode
Max_PSP Max Power Savings
Fast_PSP Power Save Mode
@> FastRoaming=value
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled
@> RoamThreshold=value
value
Positive Interger(dBm)
@> HT_RDG=value
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled
@> HT_EXTCHA=value (Extended Channel Switch Announcement)
value
0 Below
1 Above
@> HT_OpMode=value
value
0 HT mixed format
1 HT greenfield format
@> HT_MpduDensity=value
value (based on 802.11n D2.0)
0: no restriction
1: 1/4 £gs
2: 1/2 £gs
3: 1 £gs
4: 2 £gs
5: 4 £gs
6: 8 £gs
7: 16 £gs
@> HT_BW=value
value
0 20MHz
1 40MHz
@> HT_AutoBA=value
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled
@> HT_BADecline
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled <Reject BA request from AP>
@> HT_AMSDU=value
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled
@> HT_BAWinSize=value
value
1 ~ 64
@> HT_GI=value
value
0 long GI
1 short GI
@> HT_MCS=value
value
0 ~ 15
33: auto
@> HT_MIMOPSMode=value
value (based on 802.11n D2.0)
0 Static SM Power Save Mode
1 Dynamic SM Power Save Mode
2 Reserved
3 SM enabled
(not fully support yet)
@> IEEE80211H=value
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled
@> TGnWifiTest=value
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled
@> WirelessEvent=value
value
0 Disabled
1 Enabled <send custom wireless event>
MORE INFORMATION
=================================================================================
If you want for rt2860 driver to auto-load at boot time:
A) choose ra0 for first RT2860 WLAN card, ra1 for second RT2860 WLAN card, etc.
B) create(edit) 'ifcfg-ra0' file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/,
edit( or add the line) in /etc/modules.conf:
alias ra0 rt2860sta
C) edit(create) the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ra0
DEVICE='ra0'
ONBOOT='yes'
NOTE:
if you use dhcp, add this line too .
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
*D) To ease the Default Gateway setting,
add the line
GATEWAY=x.x.x.x
in /etc/sysconfig/network
Sorry, I was out of town for a week and didn't have a network connection.
I downloaded the file and had a look (and yes, those are horrible install instructions) but it looks as if what you need to do is edit the Makefile and have the LINUX_SRC variable point to the directory your kernel source code. If you do that, running make should hopefully build the driver.
If you've downloaded the file, the instructions are in the README, however you don't really seem to need to change much in order to get it to compile. You might just try running make and see if it goes. If you do need to change directions, look in the Makefile for the LINUX_SRC variable (it is near the top) and have it point to the actual location of your source code.
However, I'm not sure how good this code is. I've followed the instructions and there is always an error in one of the files that RAlink provides and my googling doesn't bring up anything even remotely relevant. You might consider going the ndiswrapper route until this driver gets a bit more developed.
Hi,
I tried to compile this, but I am a newbie to Linux. Please can you help?
I do not know what is LD (GCC I know), and "make" give this output:
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools'
/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.16-0.1-pae/build SUBDIRS=/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.16-0.1-obj/i386/pae'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.16-0.1-obj/i386/pae'
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
Hi,
I tried to compile this, but I am a newbie to Linux. Please can you help?
I do not know what is LD (GCC I know), and "make" give this output:
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools'
/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.16-0.1-pae/build SUBDIRS=/root/TemPoRaRy/MSIPC70SE/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.16-0.1-obj/i386/pae'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.16-0.1-obj/i386/pae'
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
P.S.: OpenSUSE 11, KDE4
Thanks.
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