[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 134660 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134660 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 134660 Ralink rt2400 / rt2500 / rt2570 / rt61 / rt73 do not work out of the box in Gutsy/Hardy -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team) ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team) -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Let me clarify: rt2500 (note the 5) is the old driver which does not support the wireless extensions and which is included in Ubuntu. It is the driver in question here which is causing people grief. It is not being actively developed because all efforts are going into completing the new driver. rt2x00 (note the x) is the new driver which is not yet completed and is largely unusable at the moment (YMMV). It is being very actively developed and will surely implement the wireless extensions correctly when it becomes stable. The developers are working closely with upstream (kernel) and you will see the driver show up in the main kernel when it is ready. There's a good chance you won't see it in Ubuntu for another year. I have no knowledge as to how much work it would take to implement the extensions in the rt2500 (old) driver but I am reasonably sure that the patch will be gratefully accepted upstream if it is complete and of good quality. My personal opinion is that it would be worth while for someone to implement the wireless extensions in the old driver. I'm biased though because I use several RT2500s and because I am pessimistic about the time it may take for the new driver to be completed. I could be wrong. I recall a complaint on planet.gnome.org some time ago about another driver that was missing WEXT which was answered almost immediately by a hacker posting a patch for it. I'll bet if the SABDFL said that it should be done it would take one of his excellent kernel hackers less than a week to get it working. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Thanks for the detail Andrew. Would you (or anyone else) happen to know what the ''interface'' used by the wireless command line tools is? I've been snooping around the kernel source, and it looks like the Wireless Extensions interface consists of a bunch of functions with names like ''driver_wx_get_attribute()'' and ''driver_wx_set_attribute()''. For example, the ipw2200 driver has a function name ''ipw_wx_get_essid()'' for retrieving a device's associated ESSID. I figure, there must be a standard set of functions used by the command line tools; it might be as simple as ''wrapping'' those up in some xxx_wx_set_xxx()/xxx_wx_get_xxx() functions (?). -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
This same situation came up for the Madwifi drivers, here is the ticket with the patch. This might help someone get started. http://madwifi.org/ticket/462 -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
I'm opening a new bug 110590. This is a feature request for inclusion of rt2x00 driver into the main Ubuntu kernel instead of the legacy ones. IMO this feature should be implemented ASAP because the majority of non- integrated wireless cards are nowadays rt2x based. When done, this bug should be fixed. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Try out the new rt2x00 module instead. This is the module that will eventually be merged into the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, the rt2x00 module seems pretty much unmaintained and is not reported to support the Linux Wireless Extensions yet. I found some discussion about this back in July: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2006-July/msg00054.html Sadly, nothing seems to have happened with it since. If at least Network Manager worked with WEP and without any security that would at least be something. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 18:54 +, Gaute wrote: Unfortunately, the rt2x00 module seems pretty much unmaintained and is not reported to support the Linux Wireless Extensions yet. I found some discussion about this back in July: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2006-July/msg00054.html What a shame... Does anyone have any clue as to which of the two drivers is in better shape? I.e., which would be a better bet to hack on? -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Contacting the developers at http://prism54.org might be a good start. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Try out the new rt2x00 module instead. This is the module that will eventually be merged into the Linux kernel. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Where are we going to find a developer to fix this? -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Does anyone here have any idea what resolving this entails? How much work is it? Is it something that a virgin kernel developer could learn to do (without spending years of learning kernel development skills or wireless hacking skills)? Or is it much too difficult for a newb? -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
The only problem is that WEP can be cracked in literally two minutes. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
a simple work around System - Administration - Networking choose the rt2500 card click properies. disable roaming. set your network name, and put in any WEP key you might need for most network setups choose the DHCP configuration. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Thanks, kbang. Your solution worked for me, modified slightly as I'm using WEP: iface ra0 inet dhcp pre-up ifconfig ra0 up pre-up ifconfig ra0 down pre-up ifconfig ra0 up pre-up ifconfig ra0 down pre-up iwconfig ra0 essid MyRouterName pre-up iwconfig ra0 key MyKeyInHex pre-up iwconfig ra0 mode Managed pre-up ifconfig ra0 up auto ra0 Now I have wireless connectivity which survives a reboot. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
If you're only using WEP you shouldn't need any of that. I use the following: iface ra0 inet dhcp wireless-essid ESSID wireless-key s:ASCII-WEP-key It works fine. This can be configured through network-admin just fine. It's really only WPA and network-manager that suffer. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
this is similar to the rt73usb bug but slightly different -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
I see a similar problem on Ubuntu 7.04, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic. The Asus 107g PCMCIA card is detected and is trying to connect but gets no connection. I have tried both no encryption, WEP 64bit encryption, WEP 128bit encryption and WPA-PSK encryption but with no luck. Also i noted that network-manager only showed WEP 64 and WEP 128 encryption and not WPA or no encryption even though the router was configured to no password or WPA-PSK. Then I uninstalled network-manager and network-manager-gnome, and inserted the following to /etc/network/interfaces: iface ra0 inet dhcp pre-up ifconfig ra0 up pre-up ifconfig ra0 down pre-up ifconfig ra0 up pre-up ifconfig ra0 down pre-up iwconfig ra0 essid MyRouterName pre-up iwconfig ra0 mode Managed pre-up iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK pre-up iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType=TKIP pre-up iwpriv ra0 set WPAPSK=MySecretPassword pre-up ifconfig ra0 up auto ra0 and rebooted. The network has worked with no problems for a couple of weeks now. The router is an Asus 500g deluxe and configured to use WPA- PSK. I would think there is a defect in the network-manager application. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500 -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
kbang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would think there is a defect in the network-manager application. Please be assured that this is not the case here. the rt2500 driver does simply not implement the interface (called wireless extensions in linux) which network-manager expects and needs to work. ifupdown (/etc/network/interfaces) just use plain the wireless-utils tools, which only need a subset of the functionality network-manager needs -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
fortunately network-manager can be removed, but it's sad to do so. After removing NM, though, I'm suffering from this other annoying bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/78037 ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed = Confirmed -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
no improvement with feisty so adding linux source 2.6.20. this will be more visible now that NM is default ** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
** Tags added: feisty rt2500 wifi wireless wpa -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/37120 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
Problem Definition: KNetworkmanager hangs on Activation stage: Configuring device. Finally it tells that it's disconnected. Environment: Kubuntu feisty herd-4 Driver: Ralink RT2600 Encryption: WEP 128 bit -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/37120 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
I'm testing Feisty right now, and NM doesn't give the option to connect with WPA -- I suspect this is the same bug. -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/37120 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37120] Re: rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly
** Bug 47778 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- rt2500 driver does not implement wireless extensions correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/37120 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
