On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > > Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the > reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard. > > I have a RPi Model B running current Raspian, and a wifi dongle that claims > to run on it.
These instructions might help. Some driver updates from 2015 and source links. https://groenholdt.net/Computers/RaspberryPi/MediaTek-MT7601-USB-WIFI-on-the-Raspberry-Pi/MediaTek-MT7601-USB-WIFI-on-the-Raspberry-Pi.html > > `lsusb` reports it as > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U Wireless > Adapter > > and `usb-devices` says: > T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 4 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 2.01 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=148f ProdID=7601 Rev=00.00 > S: Manufacturer=MediaTek > S: Product=802.11 n WLAN > S: SerialNumber=1.0 > C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=160mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 8 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none) > > Now... even though it says "Driver=(none)" on that last line, `lsmod` > reports: > Module Size Used by > [...] > mt7601u 86636 0 > mac80211 650707 1 mt7601u > cfg80211 525998 2 mac80211,mt7601u > [...] > snd_hwdep 6479 1 snd_usb_audio > videodev 177702 3 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2 > snd_usbmidi_lib 22479 1 snd_usb_audio > snd_rawmidi 23727 1 snd_usbmidi_lib > media 28994 2 uvcvideo,videodev > rfkill 21373 2 cfg80211 > snd_seq_device 5266 1 snd_rawmidi > snd_bcm2835 23131 0 > snd_pcm 97825 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_bcm2835 > snd_timer 22706 1 snd_pcm > snd 68784 8 > snd_hwdep,snd_usb_audio,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_device,snd_bcm2835,snd_pcm > bcm2835_gpiomem 3791 0 > uio_pdrv_genirq 3718 0 > uio 10166 1 uio_pdrv_genirq > fixed 3029 0 > ip_tables 12512 0 > x_tables 20921 1 ip_tables > ipv6 384391 18 > > So there is a module called mt7201u being loaded yet it's not seen as the > associated driver to this card in usb-devices and it's definitely not > showing in ifconfig or iwconfig. > > Any suggestions on what I'm missing is greatly appreciated. > > > -- > Evan Leibovitch > Toronto, Canada > > Em: evan at telly dot org > Sk: evanleibovitch > Tw: el56 > > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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