I am by far an expert but I wanted to post this to hopefully save some people hours of wanting to pull their hair out, so here it goes.
Blacklisting modules
Open terminal
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
And add...
Code:
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib
blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist ndiswrapper
Save and exit.
Compiling a New Kernel Module (Driver)
You'll need a compiler and Linux headers installed
Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
Config and Install Driver
Next you have to download the rt3070USB driver from ralinktech (Will add link if mod allows)
Extract these files then move to the dir. in terminal:
Code:
cd Downloads/2009_1110_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.2.0
Next, we have to make a few adjustments to the config...
Start with config.mk in /os/linux/:
Code:
gedit /os/linux/config.mk
Then find:
Code:
# Support Wpa_Supplicant
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=n
# Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n
and change to:
Code:
# Support Wpa_Supplicant
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
# Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y
Save and close
Then open usb_main_dev.c in /os/linux/:
Code:
gedit /os/linux/usb_main_dev.c
Then add the following before the #endif
Code:
{USB_DEVICE(0x1737,0x0078)}, /* Linksys WUSB100v2 */
Compile
Now run:
Now you have to delete the rt2870sta that came with the install and load the new module
Code:
sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2870
modprobe rt3070sta
insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt3070sta.ko
Now if you run iwconfig you should see an ra0 interface but if you run ifconfig its not there. So here is the fix:
Code:
mv /etc/Wireless/rt3070sta /etc/Wireless/rt2870sta
Now restart network-manager:
Code:
/etc/init.d/networking restart
restart network-manager
Now you should see wireless connections available in network manager (This may require a restart)
I hoped this helped and like I said I am no expert and this was from doing research and forgive me if some is out of order I did my best to replicate what I did.
Plus I would like to thank peepingtom from ubuntuforums (Will add link if mod allows)
because he was vital in figuring this out and I hope this helps.
~Bruce
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