On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 02:12:23AM -0400, Alan Corey wrote: > I just got a cheap USB WiFi adapter that I thought was a Realtek for > some reason, turned out to be Ralink. I was interested in small > because I want to mount it at the focal point of a TVRO satellite > dish. If I'd known it was Ralink I wouldn't have bought it. > > So I plug it into my laptop running OpenBSD 5.2 and it just gets a > ugen in dmesg, nothing in ifconfig at all, no drivers attach to it. > ugen0 at uhub1 port 3 "MediaTek 802.11 n WLAN" rev 2.01/0.00 addr 2 > > On a Linux box lsusb says > Bus 001 Device 071: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. > > The page at Rakuten where I got it: > http://www.rakuten.com/prod/usb-mini-wifi-wireless-adapter-network-card-802-11n-150m/236363146.html > There's a UPC code on that page. > > Any new Ralink driver since 5.2? I couldn't find anything. No > paperwork came with it, just a mini-cd with Windows, Mac and > supposedly Linux drivers for kernels 2.4 & 2.6 (ancient). It seems to > use just "802 11N" as a model number. > > Any way to get it working or do I set it aside and wait for a driver > someday? It was only $7.49 with free shipping. I've got a Realtek > RTL8188 coming from China.
There is a GPL'd linux driver for it from Ralink. http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads/mt7601u-usb/ So it's possible that OpenBSD will support it at some point. Just keep it and wait.
