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galanom
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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:04 pm Post subject: Ralink 3573 / Cisco AE3000: Cannot scan for APs. |
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Hi!
I downloaded official drivers (rt2800usb does not support rt3573), deselected (and blacklisted) all ralink stuff in the kernel, compiled and installed.
I get an ra0 interface (and not a wlan0).
With iwconfig:
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ra0 Ralink STA
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
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When I hit scan in wicd, I find no APs in range, and iwconfig says
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ra0 Ralink STA ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2870STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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And led flashes as I was indeed connected. With an other kernel I had ESSID="11n-AP" but there is no such AP. And what is this Nickname field?
My dmesg has this stuff:
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[ 164.442669] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa56b0!
[ 164.442678] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa5728!
[ 164.442682] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa57a0!
[ 164.442687] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa5638!
[ 164.442692] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa54d0!
[ 164.442695] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa5548!
[ 164.442699] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6f9b8!
[ 164.442703] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a5e828!
[ 164.442707] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a5e8a8!
[ 164.442710] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6fb48!
[ 164.442715] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6f8c8!
[ 164.442719] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6fac8!
[ 164.444755] -->RTUSBVenderReset
[ 164.444871] <--RTUSBVenderReset
[ 164.674355] Key1Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[ 164.674387] Key2Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[ 164.674418] Key3Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[ 164.674449] Key4Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[ 164.675189] 1. Phy Mode = 5
[ 164.675715] 2. Phy Mode = 5
[ 164.675721] NVM is Efuse and its size =3c[3c0-3fb]
[ 164.790019] 3. Phy Mode = 5
[ 164.793520] AntCfgInit: primary/secondary ant 0/1
RTMPSetPhyMode: channel is out of range, use first channel=1
[ 164.852395] MCS Set = ff ff ff 00 01
[ 164.863765] <==== rt28xx_init, Status=0
[ 164.865521] 0x1300 = 00064300
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My kernel is 3.6.1-pf, i have compiled CONFIG_IPW2200=m because i could not compile ralink driver without that (!!!) and CONFIG_IWLWIFI but nothing below CONFIG_RT2X00
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DONAHUE
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Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Posts: 7651
Location: Goose Creek SC
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | | ls /lib/firmware/rt2870.bin |
if not present | Quote: | | emerge linux-firmware |
http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=501 driver came from here?
name of somebody's router's network
Nickname:"RT2870STA" is leftover name for the NIC for which driver was developed several years ago.
| Quote: | [*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
--- Wireless
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[ ] nl80211 testmode command
[ ] enable developer warnings
[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
[ ] enable powersave by default
[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
[*] Wireless extensions sysfs files
<M> Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[ ] lib80211 debugging messages
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
-*- Enable LED triggers
[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features ---> |
| Code: | iwlist wlan0 scan
emerge iw
iw dev ra0 scan |
does either pick up your router?
set wicd -> preferences -> WPA_Supplicant driver -> nl80211
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galanom
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Joined: 24 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:13 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I have installed firmware from sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20120924
Yes, driver was from this site.
No! This is not a real AP. There is no 11n-AP network in range, my other wifi card does not see it, and it just appears there always and immediately
Kernel config:
I cannot find Wireless extensions sysfs files
"Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers" are mandatory compiled in (marked {M})
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# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
# iwlist ra0 scan
ra0 No scan results
# iw dev ra0 scan
command failed: No such device (-19)
# iwconfig ra0
ra0 Ralink STA ESSID:"11n-AP" Nickname:"RT2870STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
# ifconfig ra0
ra0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::22aa:4bff:feea:9ba0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 20:aa:4b:ea:9b:a0 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 9524 bytes 968040 (945.3 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
# iwlist wlan1 scan | grep ESSID
ESSID:"Auberge"
ESSID:"FreeWifi_secure"
ESSID:"dlink"
ESSID:"FreeWifi"
ESSID:"FreeWifi"
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Note that my wlan1 does not detect any 11n-AP essid. Also note that I have not received a single byte from ra0. How did it connect?
Some output from dmesg:
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[ 139.761936] CfgSetCountryRegion():CountryRegion in eeprom was programmed
[ 139.761955] CfgSetCountryRegion():CountryRegion in eeprom was programmed
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Actually I did not configured any country.
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RTMPSetPhyMode: channel is out of range, use first channel=1
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Note missing of timing info. Why does it use ONLY channel 1? Actually the AP I wish to connect is at channel 13.
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# iwlist wlan1 scan| grep '(Channel'
Frequency:2.467 GHz (Channel 12)
Frequency:2.467 GHz (Channel 12)
Frequency:2.472 GHz (Channel 13)
Frequency:2.467 GHz (Channel 12)
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(wlan1 is my onboard intel iwlwifi card) - there are no channel 1 networks. |
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swimmer
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:07 am Post subject: |
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@galanom: if you run "make install" after compiling the driver from the Ralinktech site it installs an example config file in /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/. This file contains the SSID you're seeing all the time. Try to modify this RT2870STA.dat to your likings or otherwise remove it completely to see what happens ...
HTH
swimmer |
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