Re: can't see wireless card "RaLink Inc.: unknown device 0301"
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 16:22:55 -0800, Avishai wrote:
> hello all,
> I've been trying to get my debian working with my new wireless network
> card. Following different how-to's and discussion I was able to install
> the rt2500 module (from greasemonkey) and the wireless-tools package
> (it was not that easy: my only connection to the world is through a
> single dual-boot computer, which means a few dozen restarts to overcome
> dependency hell). The rt2500 seems to be running (it compiled with no
> problems, and appears in lsmod). lspci recognizes the device as
> 'Network controller: RaLink Inc. : unknown device 0301' (from memory,
> sorry for the approximate output - dual boot world). iwconfig declares
> that none of 'lo', 'eth0' and 'sit0' are wireless devices, with no
> mention of the card.
> I'm still a bit on the newbie side, I'd appreciate any suggestions.
> Avishai
Right after booting, check the output of
dmesg | grep rt2500
for error messages. (dmesg needs root privileges.)
If you post these messages here then somebody might know how to get the
card working. (I don't have any experience with RaLink cards.) Googling
for the error messages might also help.
--
Regards,
Florian
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