I’m using OpenSuse10.3 in my laptop and a WUSB54GC wifi dongle connected to it. I downloaded and installed the drivers for this wifi usb device and followed the instructions. Note that the LED on the WUSB54GC does not go on nor flash. during this whole process. I’m sure that the hardware is working ok as it is a dual boot system with WindowsXP and wifi connection works well on WindowsXP.
Could someone instruct me as to what to do next to get my wifi going.
Thanks in Advance.
-downloaded source from Ralink Technology: Linux, 2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1
-modified ifcfg-rausb0 file to enable DHCP
-compiled and installed according to README file. The following is the console output
~/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module> make all
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.18-0.2-default/build SUBDIRS=/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2-obj/i386/default’
make -C …/…/…/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2 O=…/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2-obj/i386/default modules
CC [M] /home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module/rtmp_main.o
…[snipped]…
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module/md5.o
CC [M] /home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module/netif_block.o
LD [M] /home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module/rt73.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module/rt73.mod.o
LD [M] /home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module/rt73.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2-obj/i386/default’
~/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module> su
Password:
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.18-0.2-default/build
INSTALL_MOD_DIR=extra SUBDIRS=/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module
modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2-obj/i386/default' make -C ../../../linux-2.6.22.18-0.2 O=../linux-2.6.22.18-0.2-obj/i386/default modules_install INSTALL /home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module/rt73.ko DEPMOD 2.6.22.18-0.2-default make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2-obj/i386/default’
Network device directory /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
Module configuration file /etc/modprobe.conf
/sbin/depmod -a
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # cp rt73.bin /etc/Wireless/RT73STA/
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # dos2unix rt73sta.dat
dos2unix: converting file rt73sta.dat to UNIX format …
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # cp rt73sta.dat /etc/Wireless/RT73STA/rt73sta.dat
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # insmod rt73.ko
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # ifconfig rausb0 inet 192.168.15.200 up
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
rausb0: unknown interface: No such device
rausb0: unknown interface: No such device
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:0D:50:B4:05
inet addr:192.168.15.114 Bcast:192.168.15.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::208:dff:fe50:b405/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2780 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5321198 (5.0 Mb) TX bytes:240005 (234.3 Kb)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1268 (1.2 Kb) TX bytes:1268 (1.2 Kb)
/home/wt/Desktop/2008_0506_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.1/Module # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 041e:401e Creative Technology, Ltd WebCam NX Pro
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
lsusb -t
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=HID, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=vend., Driver=rt73usb, 12M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=vend., Driver=spca5xx, 12M
lsusb -v
…
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x13b1 Linksys
idProduct 0x0020
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1 Cisco-Linksys
iProduct 2 Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 300mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
dmesg …relevant to WUSB54GC
…
usb 1-1: new device found, idVendor=13b1, idProduct=0020
usb 1-1: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-1: Product: Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Cisco-Linksys
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
…
dmesg|grep rt73
phy0 -> rt73usb_validate_eeprom: EEPROM recovery - NIC: 0xffef
phy0 -> rt73usb_validate_eeprom: EEPROM recovery - Led: 0xe000
phy0 -> rt73usb_validate_eeprom: EEPROM recovery - RSSI OFFSET BG: 0x0000
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73
/usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
wmaster0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down