Ralink RT2400/RT2460, RT2401/RT2460 devices

This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on Ralink RT2400 and RT2401 chipsets on Debian systems.

Contents

Drivers

The Ralink RT2400 and RT2401 802.11b wireless LAN chipsets are supported by three native drivers:

rt2400 (Legacy driver)
- Released by Ralink under the GPL.
- Not generally recommended for use.
rt2400 (Enhanced legacy driver)
- Previously maintained by the rt2x00 project.
- Source previously packaged in rt2400-source, removed from Debian to resolve bug 563430.
rt2400pci (Next-generation driver)
- The recommended driver to use.
- Source previously packaged in rt2x00-source, removed from Debian to resolve bug 474189.
- Introduced in Linux 2.6.24.

The next-generation driver is maintained by the rt2x00 project. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page.

This page only details installation of the next-generation driver (rt2400pci). No firmware from userspace is required.

The rt2400pci driver is included in the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.24. It is included as a module in Debian kernel images.

Install the wireless-tools package:
```
aptitude install wireless-tools
```
The necessary kernel module should be automatically loaded. If necessary, it can be manually loaded via:
```
modprobe rt2400pci
```
Verify your device has an available interface:
```
iwconfig
```
Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:
```
ifconfig wlan0 up
```
Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.

The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo rt2400pci in Debian 2.6.32 (2.6.32-30) kernel images.

PCI: 1814:0101 RaLink Wireless PCI Adapter RT2400 / RT2460