Hi,
Just switched to OpenSUSE from Ubuntu and can’t get my wireless connection to be stable. I’m using OpenSUSE 12.3 without desktop manager (ssh connection). Both my router and my card are 11n.
Below is the output from iwconfig, lsusb, uname, and hwinfo:
OpenSUSE box and my router are in the same room.
–iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"network"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: FC:75:16:E9:66:E4
Bit Rate=52 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=63/70 Signal level=-47 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:3 Invalid misc:40 Missed beacon:0
– lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0b05:1784 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. A1) [Ralink RT3072]
–hwinfo
32: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: cLrx.aT7840os1n4
Parent ID: k4bc.cO89g+iefn1
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0
SysFS BusID: 1-2:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "ASUSTek 802.11 n WLAN"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x0b05 "ASUSTek Computer, Inc."
Device: usb 0x1784 "802.11 n WLAN"
Revision: "1.01"
Serial ID: "1.0"
Driver: "rt2800usb"
Driver Modules: "rt2800usb"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Speed: 480 Mbps
HW Address: 20:cf:30:a2:44:6d
Link detected: yes
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "usb:v0B05p1784d0101dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rt2800usb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2800usb"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #31 (Hub)
–uname
3.7.10-1.1-desktop
I have a feeling that the problem is with the driver. My speed is fluctuating from 1mb/s to 78mb/s, there are also packet drops and connection errors.
Is there a ready-to-install driver available in the repositories that I can try? I found this article (https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/465592-how-run-asus-n13-usb-adaptor-full-speed.html) but there were no repositories for OpenSUSE 12.3.
I don’t feel like re-compiling my own driver (had a number of issues with Ubuntu with custom compiled driver and kernel/system upgrades).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
On 04/25/2013 04:46 PM, timurka wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just switched to OpenSUSE from Ubuntu and can’t get my wireless
> connection to be stable. I’m using OpenSUSE 12.3 without desktop manager
> (ssh connection). Both my router and my card are 11n.
> Below is the output from iwconfig, lsusb, uname, and hwinfo:
> OpenSUSE box and my router are in the same room.
>
> --iwconfig
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:“network”
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: FC:75:16:E9:66:E4
> Bit Rate=52 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality=63/70 Signal level=-47 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:3 Invalid misc:40 Missed beacon:0
>
> --------------------
>
>
> – lsusb
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0b05:1784 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. A1) [Ralink RT3072]
>
> --------------------
>
>
> --hwinfo
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> 32: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
> [Created at usb.122]
> Unique ID: cLrx.aT7840os1n4
> Parent ID: k4bc.cO89g+iefn1
> SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0
> SysFS BusID: 1-2:1.0
> Hardware Class: network
> Model: “ASUSTek 802.11 n WLAN”
> Hotplug: USB
> Vendor: usb 0x0b05 “ASUSTek Computer, Inc.”
> Device: usb 0x1784 “802.11 n WLAN”
> Revision: “1.01”
> Serial ID: “1.0”
> Driver: “rt2800usb”
> Driver Modules: “rt2800usb”
> Device File: wlan0
> Features: WLAN
> Speed: 480 Mbps
> HW Address: 20:cf:30:a2:44:6d
> Link detected: yes
> WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
> WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
> WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
> WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
> Module Alias: “usb:v0B05p1784d0101dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00”
> Driver Info #0:
> Driver Status: rt2800usb is active
> Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe rt2800usb”
> Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
> Attached to: #31 (Hub)
>
> --------------------
>
>
> --uname
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> 3.7.10-1.1-desktop
>
> --------------------
>
>
> I have a feeling that the problem is with the driver. My speed is
> fluctuating from 1mb/s to 78mb/s, there are also packet drops and
> connection errors.
> Is there a ready-to-install driver available in the repositories that I
> can try? I found this article (http://tinyurl.com/cyqnyks) but there
> were no repositories for OpenSUSE 12.3.
>
> I don’t feel like re-compiling my own driver (had a number of issues
> with Ubuntu with custom compiled driver and kernel/system upgrades).
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
All differences like that should be due to kernel differences. What are the two
versions?
Hi lwfinger,
My current driver is rt2800usb, and on the OpenSUSE Repositories for 11.4 it is rt5370sta-kmp-desktop-2.5.0.3_k2.6.37.1_1.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm.
So it looks like the driver on the portal is for kernel 2.5 and I have 3.7 installed.
On 04/25/2013 09:16 PM, timurka wrote:
>
> Hi lwfinger,
>
> My current driver is rt2800usb, and on the OpenSUSE Repositories for
> 11.4 it is rt5370sta-kmp-desktop-2.5.0.3_k2.6.37.1_1.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm.
>
> So it looks like the driver on the portal is for kernel 2.5 and I have
> 3.7 installed.
Your first report made it sound as if the Ubuntu distro worked better. It was
that kernel that I asked about.
Trying to get a driver for 2.5 to build on 3.7 would be incredibly difficult. In
addition, that driver is likely to be a lot worse than the one you have.
I have an RaLink device that uses that driver. The USB ID is 148f:3070. It works
fine using rt2800usb. My kernel is newer than yours, thus it might be worthwhile
for you to install the compat-wireless package for your kernel.
Thank you for this suggestion. I will try it then.Tim