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Ralink RT2870 devices

This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on the Ralink RT2800U[D] chipset on Debian systems.

rt2870sta is a module for the Ralink RT2800U[D] USB 802.11 draft-n wireless LAN chipset. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page.

This experimental vendor driver is included as a staging driver in the mainline Linux kernel since 2.6.29-rc1. It is present in Debian kernel images since 2.6.29 (i386, amd64).

Firmware has been removed from the driver in Debian kernel images as of 2.6.30.1 It is available in the firmware-ralink package since version 0.17.2

<!> The staging driver depends on the x86 or x86-64 architecture (Debian i386 and AMD64 ports respectively) at this time.

{i} Ralink 802.11n PCI devices are supported by the rt2860sta driver. Ralink 802.11g USB devices are supported by the rt73usb and rt2500usb drivers.

Installation

Lenny

  1. Add the Debian Backports repository to /etc/apt/sources.list, also including the "non-free" component. For example:

    # Backported packages for Debian Lenny
    deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
  2. Update the list of available packages and install the lenny-backports/debian-backports-keyring package:

    aptitude update
    aptitude -t lenny-backports install debian-backports-keyring

    As your system does not yet have the GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository installed, you will be asked to confirm installation of a package from an untrusted repository. Enter Yes when prompted.

  3. Install a 2.6.30 (or later) kernel image appropriate for your system, along with the lenny-backports/firmware-ralink and wireless-tools packages. For example:

    aptitude update
    aptitude -t lenny-backports install linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-$(uname -r | sed 's,.*-,,g') firmware-ralink wireless-tools
  4. Restart your system and boot with the newly installed kernel. If not already performed, connect the device to your system.
  5. The necessary kernel module should be automatically loaded. If necessary, it can be manually loaded via:

    modprobe rt2870sta
  6. Verify your device has an available interface:

    iwconfig
  7. Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:

    ifconfig ra0 up
  8. Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.

Squeeze

  1. Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:

    # Debian Squeeze
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
  2. Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-ralink and wireless-tools packages:

    aptitude update
    aptitude install firmware-ralink wireless-tools
  3. If not already performed, connect the device to your system.
  4. The necessary kernel module should be automatically loaded. If necessary, it can be manually loaded via:

    modprobe rt2870sta
  5. Verify your device has an available interface:

    iwconfig
  6. Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:

    ifconfig ra0 up
  7. Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.

Supported Devices

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

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo rt2870sta in Debian 2.6.30 kernel images.

  • USB: 0471:200F Philips 802.11n Wireless Adapter
    USB: 04E8:2018 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (Device name unknown)
    USB: 050D:8053 Belkin Components (Device name unknown)
    USB: 050D:805C Belkin Components (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0586:3416 ZyXEL Communications Corp. NWD-210N 802.11b/g/n-draft wireless adapter
    USB: 0789:0162 Logitec Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0789:0163 Logitec Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0789:0164 Logitec Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 07AA:002F Corega K.K. CG-WLUSB2GNL
    USB: 07AA:003C Corega K.K. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 07AA:003F Corega K.K. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 07B8:2770 D-Link Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 07B8:2870 D-Link Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 07B8:3070 D-Link Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 07B8:3071 D-Link Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 07D1:3C09 D-Link System DWA-140 802.11n Adapter [ralink rt2870]
    USB: 07D1:3C11 D-Link System (Device name unknown)
    USB: 083A:6618 Accton Technology Corp. 802.11n Wireless Adapter
    USB: 083A:7522 Accton Technology Corp. 802.11N Wireless Adapter
    USB: 083A:A618 Accton Technology Corp. SMC EZ Connect N Draft 11n Wireless Adapter
    USB: 083A:B522 Accton Technology Corp. EZ Connect N Draft 11n Wireless USB2.0 Adapter
    USB: 0B05:1731 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. ASUS 802.11n Network Adapter
    USB: 0B05:1732 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 802.11n Network Adapter
    USB: 0B05:1742 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 802.11n Network Adapter
    USB: 0CDE:0022 Z-Com 802.11b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter
    USB: 0CDE:0025 Z-Com (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0DF6:0017 Sitecom Europe B.V. WL-182
    USB: 0DF6:002B Sitecom Europe B.V. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0DF6:002C Sitecom Europe B.V. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0DF6:002D Sitecom Europe B.V. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0DF6:0039 Sitecom Europe B.V. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0DF6:003F Sitecom Europe B.V. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0E66:0001 Hawking (Device name unknown)
    USB: 0E66:0003 Hawking (Device name unknown)
    USB: 1044:800B Chu Yuen Enterprise Co., Ltd GN-WB30N 802.11n WLAN Card
    USB: 129B:1828 CyberTAN Technology (Device name unknown)
    USB: 13D3:3247 IMC Networks 802.11 n/g/b Wireless LAN Adapter
    USB: 1482:3C09 (Vendor name unknown) (Device name unknown)
    USB: 148F:2770 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 148F:2870 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 148F:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 14B2:3C06 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 14B2:3C07 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 14B2:3C09 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 14B2:3C12 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 14B2:3C23 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 14B2:3C25 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 14B2:3C27 Ralink Technology, Corp. rt2870 802.11n WLAN
    USB: 14B2:3C28 Ralink Technology, Corp. (Device name unknown)
    USB: 157E:300E TRENDnet (Device name unknown)
    USB: 15A9:0006 (Vendor name unknown) (Device name unknown)
    USB: 15C5:0008 (Vendor name unknown) (Device name unknown)
    USB: 1737:0071 Linksys (Device name unknown)
    USB: 1740:9701 Senao (Device name unknown)
    USB: 1740:9702 Senao (Device name unknown)
    USB: 18C5:0012 AMIT (Device name unknown)
    USB: 2019:AB25 PLANEX (Device name unknown)
    USB: 2019:ED06 PLANEX (Device name unknown)
    USB: 5A57:0280 Zinwell (Device name unknown)
    USB: 5A57:0282 Zinwell (Device name unknown)
    USB: 7392:7711 (Vendor name unknown) (Device name unknown)
    USB: 7392:7717 (Vendor name unknown) (Device name unknown)

See Also


CategoryHardware | CategoryWireless

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