Public bug reported: I found my Edimax EW-7318USg (reported as Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter by lsusb) was non functional with my current kernel 2.6.38-10-generic-pae and linux-firmware 1.52.1 distribution.
It was able to list networks but never successfully connected to them, having failed to connect to three different mainstream infrastructure networks BTFon, BTOpenzone and a local router all with consistent signal strength (two bars). I downloaded the firmware-ralink package from Debian's SID repository, and forcibly replaced the ralink files using the ones in that package. My wireless card now seems to be moderately functional again - it will connect and exchange packets. The workaround procedure was to download the latest ralink package manually from... http://packages.debian.org/sid/all/firmware-ralink/download ...then run the following from the console... dpkg --install --force-overwrite ~/Downloads/firmware-ralink_0.32_all.deb Without the force-overwite option, it complained that the .bin files provided by firmware-ralink were already provided by linux-firmware. It's for that reason I'm reporting the bug here. I guess it will be possible to pick up the latest files from firmware-ralink, incorporate them in linux-firmware and verify them in proposed in order to re- establish wireless functionality from the Ralink Chipset. I'm still getting pretty low speeds from the public wifi network I've connected to, but I think that's just the uplink connection which is slow, but certainly suggests someone else should verify this workaround. ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805951 Title: Ralink/Edimax cannot connect to listed networks - workaround to update to Debian sid firmware-ralink To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/805951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
