openSUSE 11.0 & RT2500pci wireless problems

[mjkerpan]

Firmware issues aren't exactly applicable to rt2500-based cards given that they have traditional "hard" firmware that allows them to work without requiring boot-time uploads of binary blobs. Why Ralink moved to "soft" (loaded in from the HD at boot time) firmware rather than old-school EPROM firmware, I'll never know, but it was a lousy choice.

With that said, the OP needs a new solution, given that the one offered doesn't even apply.

[Schlomy]

Originally Posted by rhorstkoetter

That sounds a bit strange to me as I have a RT61 based card as well and it's working great with the stock drivers (rt2x00). You simply need to copy the firmware to /lib/firmware and restart the wireless interface.

A real newbie question. I'm having the same problem with my RT61. I've downloaded the link for the firmware, but I guess I'm not sure exactly what the firmware is. Do I copy both the extracted Modules and WPA Supplicant directories from the file off the RALink page? Or do I need to run the entire Module configuration?

Thanks!