Re: can't see wireless card
On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 07:20:23 -0800, Avishai wrote:
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> > I was able to use the module-assistant package to build and install the rt2500
> > drivers. module-assistant list-available found several RaLink chipsets you
> > could try.
> >
>
> Thanx for replying, first of all. I didn't have any trouble compiling
> the rt2500-source package using module-assistant. I also inserted the
> resulting rt2500 module to /etc/modules, and it seems to be running by
> inspecting lsmod. Where do I go from here? dmesg doesn't say anything
> about rt2500, wireless or anything related. lspci detects the card, but
> as an unknown device. Am I missing some step, so that the hardware is
> not detected properly? I'm using kernel 2.6.11-something.
It seems that "RaLink device 0301" means this:
1814 RaLink
0301 RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
1186 3c08 DWL-G630 Rev E
1186 3c09 DWL-G510 Rev C
1737 0055 WMP54G ver 4.1
(You can find this information at http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids
or in /usr/share/misc/pci.ids if you use the "update-pciids" command
from the "pciutils" package.)
The first Google result for "RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI" is:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-install-and-configure-dlink-dwl-g-520-wireless-lan-pci-card.html
That looks like you will need the "rt61" module for this card. I cannot
find the source for this module with module-assistant, so you will
probably have to compile it manually. You might also have to upgrade to
a newer kernel. (The instructions at the URL given above mention version
2.6.15.)
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Regards,
Florian
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