Differences between version 7 and predecessor to the previous major change of RT2x00WirelessChipset.
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| Newer page: | version 7 | Last edited on Monday, October 24, 2005 11:53:07 am | by SimonGreen | Revert |
| Older page: | version 6 | Last edited on Thursday, September 8, 2005 5:52:23 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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Version 1.1.0 beta3 is worlds better than beta1. It actually always establishes a link to the AP. It works fine, too. Configure WPA-PSK in yast, and ignore the "WPA not supported yet" by rcnetwork restart. Run RaConfig2500 and configure WPA-PSK, somewhere it stays permanently. Hence WPA-PSK works too.
The only downside is that while playing with RaConfig2500, the box locked rock-solid 3 times, and I had to engage the reset button. The whole setup looks ok at first (and second) glance, but I reserve judgement about the reliability of Ralink 2500 until later.
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+!Debian testing/unstable users
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+Sources packages exist in the debian testing and unstable archive for both the rt2400 and rt2500 chipsets. This is the easy way to go for such users. The below is what I did, with the default 2.6.8 (x86) kernel:
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+<pre>apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.8-2-386 wireless-tools build-essential rt2400-source gcc-3.3
+cd /usr/src/
+tar xfvz rt2400.tar.gz
+module-assistant prepare
+module-assistant get rt2400
+module-assistant build rt2400
+#install the newly created package, note the file might be named differently
+dpkg --install rt2400-2.6.8-2-386_1.2.2+cvs20050730-3+2.6.8-16_i386.deb
+</pre>
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+Now you need to update /etc/network/interfaces. This is a snipet from my interfaces file (eth1 is my wireless interface). Note you need to put your own wep key and essid in the last two lines.
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+<pre>auto eth1
+iface eth1 inet static
+ address 192.168.1.3
+ netmask 255.255.255.0
+ network 192.168.1.0
+ broadcast 192.168.1.255
+ gateway 192.168.1.1
+up \
+ /sbin/iwconfig eth1 mode Managed && \
+ /sbin/iwconfig eth1 key your_key_here && \
+ /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid your_essid_here
+</pre>
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See also:
* [List of Ralink RT2500 chipset based wireless cards|http://ralink.rapla.net/]
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