Re: Heads up re: Users of RalinkTech Chipsets
On 09/06/2010 04:00 PM, agraham wrote:
JD,
Does it work in Wireless N mode ?
Thanks.
On 08/25/2010 06:11 AM, JD wrote:
> Hi All,
> Kernel 2.6.35 now supports
> RT2860
> RT2870
> RT2872
> RT2883
> RT3070
> RT3071
> RT3090
> RT3390
> RT3572
>
> The device will be wlan0 instead of ra0
>
> I just downloaded
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.35.3.tar.bz2
> and built it and booted it.
> It found my Ralink 2860 based mini-pci and
> all is super-well.
>
> You will need to modify your /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
> and replace ra0 with wlan0
>
> Once you do that, you will need to System->Administration->Network
> and activate wlan0, and save it.
>
> That should create the ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> and should also create hard links to it in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices
> and in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default
> (unless of course these links are no longer needed).
> If you had set up your wifi with a fixed ip address, you will need to
> set that up too.
> Once done, then
>
> sudo ifup wlan0
>
> and you are up and running.
>
> I have so far discovered that these rtx00 drivers are driving
> the card much much better than ralinktech's own driver.
> For example, the signal to noise ratio is increased by a factor of 10!!!
> No kidding!!! Factor of 10!
> i.e. signal strength went from around 5 or 6 to 60!!!
>
> Enjoy
Well, I do not have a draft N router.
However, on Fedora (and perhaps on all Linuxes) I have not seen
any util that will put the wifi card in mode G or N or A.
I check iwconfig, and I did not see anything relevant to draft N.
I looked at wpa_suppicant, and did not find anything there either.
I think it is automatic.
So, if your access point (router) is draft N, the card itself will detect
draft N protocol, and connect in that mode.
So, I do not believe it is a driver issue, but I could be wrong.
if you have rt2860 based wifi, all you have to do is try latest
stable vanilla kernel from http://www.kernel.org/.
You have nothing to lose except a little bit of time.