Help for new member with wireless firmware

[vortecjr]

First off....Happy New Year to all!

I think I have a problem with no firmware installed! This is my info:

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# /sbin/lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:705a Belkin Components F5D7050A Wireless Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0dc6:3412 Precision Squared Technology Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
appletalk 27128 20
psnap 2708 1 appletalk
llc 4944 1 psnap
oss_usb 95116 0
oss_hdaudio 126772 0
lynxtwo 215044 0
osscore 560148 3 oss_usb,oss_hdaudio,lynxtwo
nfsd 206692 9
lockd 59416 1 nfsd
nfs_acl 2472 1 nfsd
auth_rpcgss 31020 1 nfsd
sunrpc 155680 11 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
ipv6 235720 54
xfs 417792 1
exportfs 3620 2 nfsd,xfs
dm_multipath 14044 0
arc4 1600 2
ecb 2476 2
rt73usb 21276 0
crc_itu_t 1604 1 rt73usb
rt2500usb 17380 0
rt2x00usb 9016 2 rt73usb,rt2500usb
rt2x00lib 33348 3 rt73usb,rt2500usb,rt2x00usb
input_polldev 3220 1 rt2x00lib
mac80211 175072 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
usb_storage 46548 0
ppdev 6500 0
cfg80211 51620 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
forcedeth 47672 0
i2c_nforce2 7352 0
parport_pc 22616 0
pata_jmicron 2800 0
pcspkr 2176 0
serio_raw 5096 0
parport 28936 2 ppdev,parport_pc
wmi 5872 0
asus_atk0110 10468 0
hwmon 2576 1 asus_atk0110
ata_generic 4296 0
pata_acpi 3652 0
nouveau 435152 0
drm 168336 1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 4812 1 nouveau
i2c_core 24992 4 i2c_nforce2,nouveau,drm,i2c_algo_bit

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# dmesg | grep firmware
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-17-0a
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-17-0a
rt73usb 2-4:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
rt73usb 2-4:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.

Im using Fedora as follows
[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# uname -r
2.6.30.10-105.fc11.i686.PAE

I can also post the ifcfg-wlan0 file if needed.

Please not this unit is command line only so its harder for me to work with it.

Thank you in advance

Jesus R

[reed9]

There appears to be a package for the firmware, called rt73usb-firmware. Have you installed that?

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgd...73usb-firmware

[vortecjr]

Reed9, thanks for the helping! I downloaded one from ralink and dropped it in the lib/firmware folder. A few minutes ago. these are some updates:

still getting some issues with it though...
[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# dmesg | grep firmware
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-17-0a
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-17-0a
rt73usb 1-4:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# ifup wlan0
Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.

I can see it on my itouch in wifi networks though

Jesus R

[reed9]

The requesting message is normal, and not returning an error so that's good.

Post the output of

su -
iwconfig
iwlist wlan0 scan

Does the iwlist command return available networks?

[vortecjr]

reed9, wow some good news ok

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"vortexboxces"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: D2:6B:26:66:50:B5
Tx-Power=18 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:12:17:319:00
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"linksysJR"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000018bfe84f6e1
Extra: Last beacon: 437ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00096C696E6B7379734A52
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD06001018020004
Cell 02 - Address: D2:6B:26:66:50:B5
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-22 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:"vortexboxces"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Extra:tsf=0000000002ad0d14
Extra: Last beacon: 781ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000C766F72746578626F78636573
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 06020000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD09001018020010000000


Thanks

Jesus R

[reed9]

Everything looks fine as far as the network device goes. What are you using to manage your connections? You said this is a console only box? Fedora I think has a curses based network config tool, system-config-network-tui. Have you used that?

Howto Red hat enterprise Linux 5 configure the network card

[vortecjr]

Reed9, the system-config-network-tui works and is up. I added the device and its working know...

thanks you!

Jesus R