Hola, FINALLY... this applies to RT73 based dongles or similar (my case: TP-LINK TL_WN321g) Thanks to all of you, after months of trial and error, and so many pages read: This is based on: http://generacionlibre.es/?p=11#comments who based on: http://terminusblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/instalacion-de-dispositivo-wifi-linksys-wusb54gc-en-ubuntu-feisty/
So this goes in English and adapted, sort of a HOWTO: 1) Install: sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` 2)Download: sudo wget http://rt2×00.serialmonkey.com/rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz 3) Unpack the previous tar.gz ("home" would be perfect) 3) Change to the following directory: cd /rt73-cvs-yyyymmddhh/Module (based on where you unpacked it) 4) Make: sudo make Just ignore the message: !!! WARNING: Module file much too big (>1MB) !!! Check your kernel settings or use ’strip’ 5) sudo strip -S rt73.ko 6) sudo make install 7) Get rid off network manager: sudo aptitude purge network-manager 8) May or may not be necessary, to ease things?????? sudo apt-get install rutilt 9) Turn off the wlan0 for a while: sudo ifconfig wlan0 down 10) Remove the following troublemakers: sudo modprobe -r rt73usb sudo modprobe -r rt2570 sudo modprobe -r rt2500usb sudo modprobe -r rt2×00lib 11) Blacklist the above, this is a must, as pointed out by some of you, open an editor: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist 12) Add to the end of the file: # Blacklist rt73usb, as it is a non-functional beta module which conflicts with the working rt73 module. blacklist rt73usb # Blacklist rt2570, as it causes conflicts with rt73 blacklist rt2570 # Other modules that break rt73 blacklist rt2500usb blacklist rt2×00lib 13) Load the module: sudo modprobe -v rt73 14) Now you can play with RutilIT, click on menu: Applications/Internet/RutilIT... or 15) Even better open interfaces: sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces 16)Add the following lines (for auto DHCP) according to your personal set-ups, but make sure to block (mask using #) all other references to eth0 or similar, if not this WON'T work: #auto eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid YOUR_SSID pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode managed pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=YOUR_PASS_KEY_IN_HEXADEC Or (for manual DHCP) #auto eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.1.2 (or what ever yours is) netmask 255.255.255.0 (or what .....) gateway 192.168.1.1 (or what .....) pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid YOUR_SSID pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode managed pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=YOUR_PASS_KEY_IN_HEXADEC 17) Save the file, 18) Reboot and you should be connected Hasta pronto, let me know, Fernando -- Ralink Wireless legacy drivers (rt2500 rt61 rt73 rt2570) USB/PCMCIA/PCI hangs PC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs