howto: install rt2500 wireless drivers

[bitrain]

Originally Posted by havenoclu

I am getting this error when I type "make":

Code:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `1601'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
rt2500.ko failed to build!
make: *** [module] Error 1


This happens immediately after typing make. I have compiled drivers previously with no problems, so I was thinking maybe it's a problem with the makefile. I have tried to search for the No rule to make target error, with no luck. Any help would be highly appreciated. Hopefully it'll be something stupid that I'm overlooking.

Thanks!

edit: I have also tried the nightly CVS and get just about the exact same error:

Code:
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `CVS/rt2500-cvs-20050721/Module'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
rt2500.ko failed to build!
make: *** [module] Error 1

Do a yum install kernel-devel first, then try again. It should work then.

[MK Hayes]

For Wunderbar and kronk2002de , from the serialmonkey forums, wpa is supported by the driver itself, so we don't need wpa-supplicant. I haven't got it running here yet, as our house as multiple os's and cards, so we're still getting our ducks in a row. But from the forum:

http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB...opic.php?t=293

Do this.

iwconfig ra0 mode managed
iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType=TKIP
iwconfig ra0 essid "MyModemsESSID"
iwpriv ra0 set WPAPSK="MyPassword"
ifconfig ra0 up
sleep 5
dhclient ra0
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Regards,
Mark Wallis
Project Administrator
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

I'm not Mark Wallis, I'd just thought I'd pass this on. I should know if it works for me in an hour or so. Since the mode is already managed, and the ssid is set, I'll probably skip those two steps.

[MK Hayes]

WPA does work with the rt2500 drivers but it's a bit fiddly at the moment. I'm running the beta 3 drivers. From reading the serialmonkey forums, I've gotten as far as anybody else in fedora, so I'll throw this out and maybe we can get it further. There's apparently a bug in the WPA handshake so that you need to cycle ifup/ifdown before it takes. I've turned off network services at boot, but do have boot activate wlan0. Then as root I run this script:

/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 down
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 down
/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=addyourownkeyhere
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
sleep 5
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.58.1

Viola! out to the world WPA encrypted. (This assumes you had the driver running fine without encryption, YMMV.)

Tomorrow maybe I'll try this as a #!/bin/bash, but I'm really a noob and not a programmer. I've no idea how to get it to run before netfs and ntpd.

MK

[Elminster13]

I was asked to post an update on the state of my card. So here goes:

I tried for ages with fedora core 4 and gave up. I moved to ubuntu and all seemed dandy I have even compiled a howto on ubuntu, but its not quite finished yet. Mre for my own use than anyone else.

But even with Ubuntu WPA is unstable after a while of working it would just stop, no apparent reason other than I think there might be a conflict with my DVB card. Not much help im afraid.

[JarZki]

Hi!

I use Fedora Core3.
I have installed drivers without problems, and my card works fine without WEP, but when i use WEP, I can't get my IP-address from my Access point.
Kwifimanager can see and connect my AP, and it shows information about it. But even Kwifimanager can't find out my IP-address.

My setup is:
- Get IP-address from DHCP.
- My WEP-key doesn't have characters (0x) in front of it, should there be something like that?
- Wireless setup is "managed" and the channel is right, and network speed is "auto".

It would be nice to find a solution for this Problem.
Thanks!

Edit: Yeah, Got it working now. I can give some tips related to this if someone has problems.

[steve1961]

After having to mess about with ndiswrapper with previous Belkin pci cards, this latest version has the ralink chipset.

[bitrain]

Originally Posted by steve1961

After having to mess about with ndiswrapper with previous Belkin pci cards, this latest version has the ralink chipset.

Thanks! I've added it to my original post.

[steve1961]

You might also find the following link useful as lists cards with the chipset:

http://ralink.rapla.net/

[linuxuser420346]

Your howto is awsome and it got my PCI card activated but I still can't get on the internet. Whenevery I try to acces a site, it says that the host was not found. Could this be a problem with the router? I am using a Linksys router. Sorry if the answere to this question is very obvious, I am only 13, so cut me some slack .

[linuxuser420346]

Great howto on driver installation! There is only one problem, it got my PCI card activated, but I still can't access the web. I did all that you explained but whenever I try to reach a web site, it will say Error: 'website' cannot locate host. Or something along that line. Is this a problem with my router? I am using a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband router. I am only 13, so sorry if this is an obvious question . Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[kronk2002de]

Is the route set to your default gateway? Did you

/sbin/route add default gw <your router's ip>

or did you configure your ra0 via DHCP?

I have a another problem: My computer freezes after a undefined time completly, since I use WPA / WLAN. Is there anybody, who has detect the problem?
I have also posted on serialmonkey's forum, when I get a solution, I will post it also here...

[bitrain]

Originally Posted by linuxuser420346

Great howto on driver installation! There is only one problem, it got my PCI card activated, but I still can't access the web. I did all that you explained but whenever I try to reach a web site, it will say Error: 'website' cannot locate host. Or something along that line. Is this a problem with my router? I am using a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband router. I am only 13, so sorry if this is an obvious question . Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Open a terminal and type:

ping www.google.nl

if it doesn't work, type:

ping 64.233.183.104

So we can see if it is a dns problem.
Also check the output of:

/sbin/ifconfig

and

/sbin/iwconfig

[steve1961]

Hi, I'm just after a little advice before I attempt to set up a ralink card on a friends FC4 machine. I've downloaded the latest driver - rt2500-1.1.0-b3 and I've looked at line 103 in the rtmp-_main.c file. The line currently has the following entry:

unsigned long csr_addr;


Can you confirm that this is the line I need to replace?

Thanks in advance.

[bitrain]

Originally Posted by steve1961

Hi, I'm just after a little advice before I attempt to set up a ralink card on a friends FC4 machine. I've downloaded the latest driver - rt2500-1.1.0-b3 and I've looked at line 103 in the rtmp-_main.c file. The line currently has the following entry:

unsigned long csr_addr;


Can you confirm that this is the line I need to replace?

Thanks in advance.

It's the wrong line, do you still get an error without any replacements? Maybe the problem is fixed in beta3. I haven't tried 3 because the old ones are working fine (I believe beta2).

[steve1961]

Haven't tried yet, I'm just familiarising myself with the process in case I do run into errors. For info, the contents of line 111 of the rtmp-_main.c are:

print_name = pPci_Dev ? pci_name(pPci_Dev) : "rt2500";

Is this a fix?