Howdy all,
I need a little help setting up my wireless usb adapter on a new (to me) laptop.
Background:
IBM thinkpad T22-12g hdd, PIII, 900mhz, 128 RAM; Linksys WRT54Gv6 wireless router - running DD-WRT firmware; Linksys WUSB54Gv4 wireless usb adapter with rt2500usb drivers installed; ---all courtesy of that wonderful place called eBay!
I tried putting Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and maybe one other on it, then Zenwalk 4.8. The laptop is for the wife mainly, and I was interested in trying other distros. Having gotten the usb working - only once with Ubuntu - which also slowed down the laptop; I decided to give Zen a try on it, having used it before and enjoying the lightwieght and speed of it.
The Rt2500usb driver is showing up in Ndiswrapper, as well as the adapter being detected. After this I'm lost, the power light comes on when plugged in and stays on for a minute or two then goes off.
While I had Ubuntu on it, I tried everything from building ndiswrapper from source to building the rt2570 drivers from serialmonkey from source - it worked once for 20 minutes-
. If there is an easier way, or someone who has some experience with this - I'd be willing to send a beer by PayPal grin. I'm checking out a few links/resources; but having never had to do this before- I may need to grow some hair just to pull it out!
So, without further ado.........
lsusb:
Code:
root[root]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 087: ID 13b1:000d Linksys
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Code:
root[root]# lsusb -v
Bus 001 Device 095: ID 13b1:000d Linksys
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x13b1 Linksys
idProduct 0x000d
bcdDevice 0.04
iManufacturer 1 Cisco-Linksys
iProduct 2 Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
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 0x0040 1x 64 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 0x0040 1x 64 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)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.22.9 uhci_hcd
iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:07.2
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xe0
Self Powered
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 255
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 2
wHubCharacteristic 0x000a
No power switching (usb 1.0)
Per-port overcurrent protection
bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0x00
PortPwrCtrlMask 0xff
Hub Port Status:
Port 1: 0000.0103 power enable connect
Port 2: 0000.0100 power
Device Status: 0x0003
Self Powered
Remote Wakeup Enabled
iwconfig:
Code:
root[root]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
ifconfig:
Code:
root[root]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:74:7E:F6
inet addr:192.168.1.116 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:40517 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:38431 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:41042707 (39.1 MiB) TX bytes:5213398 (4.9 MiB)
Interrupt:11
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
I tried editing /etc/rc.d/rc.inet.conf and just got finished fixing whatever I did to stop internet connections altogether. I also looked in the /rc.wireless.conf file and decide better of myself and changed nothing.
So, if anyone has some pointers, I'd appreciate it. I guess I just need to know what lines to edit/add and if I'm using the right drivers. I've got the rt2500usb, but have read that rt2570usb and rt73 might also be used - I'm willing to try them, but would like to limit the amount of things I'd have to go back and change later.
Thanks in advance,
Scott
