On 2/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 20 February 2007 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thanks. > > > The reason I asked what and where: I believe there are 3 versions of > > > the DWL-G520 2 of which don't work. > > > > It's really hit and miss... wireless cards are difficult, as like you > > said revisions/versions of them change often. > > And I'm now the proud owner of YAPW :-( > (Yet Another Paper Weight) > 02:01.0 Network controller: RaLink Unknown device 0302 For the record, a working Wireless Card The instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT61 Make a working driver for RaLink chipsets. Try knoppix or something, but if you get this chipset you CAN make it work. Also of interest http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/ A paperweight redeemed, O frabjous day (Twas Brillig - Lewis Carol)
Lucky you. I tried three different drivers for my RT61, two caused kernel panics, the other simply did not work. After hours of prodding, I discovered that the fact I was using AMD64 was to blame. I reinstalled a 32bit system, and one of the drivers worked. Then I rebooted and it hasn't worked since. At the moment I couldn't be bothered spending another few hours on getting it to work, so I'm routing all my traffic through my laptop. By not working, I mean the driver loads, but iwconfig claims no wireless extensions on the interface. Under AMD64, not working meant that iwconfig worked, but the card did nothing. I have not managed to get WPA going at all. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
