No, you don't need a monitor you should be good.
You can always check this site for your chipset :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers
also type dmesg to see if you have any errors
type lsmod to see if your kernel module is loaded
But ra0 is your network interface name and iwlist shows it which means you
have your dongle recognized.
Have you initialized you network interface? Type "ifconfig -a" to check if
you have ra0 listed.If so, add this to your /etc/network/interfaces and
reboot to and check again.
auto ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid YOUR-SSID-HERE
wpa-psk YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE
On Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:29:57 PM UTC+3, Russ Hall wrote:
>
> The new Debian version did not change non-installation of the Wi-Fi
> adapter. I still can't figure out what is missing. Here is a sample from
> terminal:
>
> debian@beaglebone:~$ iwlist scan
>
> ra0 Failed to read scan data : Network is down
> lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
> usb0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
> debian@beaglebone:~$ iwconfig
>
> ra0 Ralink STA
> lo no wireless extensions.
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
> usb0 no wireless extensions.
>
> debian@beaglebone:~$ sudo ifup ra0
> Ignoring unknown interface ra0=ra0.
>
> debian@beaglebone:~$
>
> This installation is possible via terminal, no? Or must I get a monitor,
> keyboard, and mouse connected to BBB?
>
>
> On Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:34:39 AM UTC-5, Russ Hall wrote:
>>
>> If anyone could please write a small tutorial on getting this adapter
>> working on the Rev. C BBB it would be appreciated. It was said that Debian
>> already supported this hardware but it does not work. Compiling my own
>> drivers is not user-friendly! I downloaded the driver files from MediaTek
>> and it has 254 files in one directory.
>>
>
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