Hi all
I am running SUSE 10.1.
I have a Ralink 2570 usb wireless card. I downloaded the RT2500USB tar ball from the ralink web site, untared it and did
'make'
'make install'
as su.

I then try
'ifconfig rausb0 up'
is instructed in the readme.

I get the error rausb0: unknown interface: No such device.

If i type 'lsusb -v' if get

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0db0:6877 Micro Star International
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0db0 Micro Star International
idProduct 0x6877
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1 Ralink
iProduct 2 802.11 bg WLAN
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 300mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)


So the device is spotted by the system but ifconfig cant seem to find it.

Has anybody manage to get this to work

Thanks

Hello,

Your calling your wifi device "rausb0" but your device may not be called that, at the terminal enter, as root:

iwconfig

you will get a print out of the wifi devices currently known to the system. It may be called rausb something or it might be called eth something - or something completely different :-)

So, if you get device name that listed from iwconfig try doing the ifconfig up with that name substituted for rausb0. Or see if the gnome/kde gui tools will work, look for a network/network settings menu and follow the wizard.

Chris.

Hi
Thanks for your response.

I tried iwconfig, the output is as follows

lo no wireless extensions

eth0 no wireless extensions

sit0 no wireless extensions


So i guess its not found

Any other ideas??

Thanks
Lee

Has the wireless driver actually been loaded into the kernel? do:

lsmod

search the list for the rt2570 module, if its there the driver is already loaded in, if it isn't it hasn't been loaded in. So try, as root:

modprobe rt2570

then try iwconfig again, hopefully it will have been picked up. You can then try to configure it.

chris.

Hi
Thanks for response

I tried lsmod, the relevant output is

usbcore 108804 4 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,rt2570

So it seems as if its loaded but iwconfig still reports no wireless extensions

Any more ideas welcome

Thanks

Ok seems the module is loaded, try reloading it with:

modprobe -r rt2570

then look at iwconfig again. What linux distro and kernel version are you using?

Hi

Thanks for response.

I thought the '-r' option on modprobe was for remove, not for reload?

I tried it then did lsmod and the module had disappeared from
the list.

I'm using SUSE 10.1 with the kernel

2.6.16.21-0.25-default

Thanks

Hey,

Yeh -r is for remove, I meant you to remove it with
modprobe -r rt2570 then reload it with modprobe rt2570. Soz should have made that clear.

Hi
Thanks for responce.
Ahh sory my fault.

I tried removing it, that seemed to work, it no longer showed up in the modules list.

I tried reloading it, that also seemd to work as the modules reapeared in the list.

THen i tried iwconfig, the card was not found.

I also tried 'ifconfig rausb0 up' without any luck!!

???
Thanks

I've has a quick search and something that was thrown up was this:

http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB...4d817ffc3ad8a9

Are you sure you've got a rt2570 chip and not a rt73, I don't know
how the person knew from lsusb the difference from rt2570 and rt73
and I can't see it saying anywhere in the output.

Chris.

Hi

Thanks for your responce.

I tried the rt73 driver and this worked perfectly!!
Just did
make
make install
as 'su' as decsribed in the README file. Then configured with iwconfig

Thanks for all your help!!