I have a USB Dongle using the same chip.
I use sabayon 5.0 and have blacklisted both rt2800usb and rt2870sta kernel modules (which seemed to conflict when I ran dmesg). Previously the dongle was not seen at all. Now:
dan@cumberland ~ $ sudo iwlist ra0 scan
Password:
ra0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:64:37:98
F
ESSID:"cumbriamylord"
Mode:Managed
Channel:8
Quality:5/100 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-115 dBm
Encryption key
n
Bit Rates:22 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
So the dongle is working but i still I can't connect to my AP. I've tried using Wicd and get no joy.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Dan