USB Wireless, Linksys WUSB100 just won't work with Ubuntu 9.10

[mike2010]

Have tried almost everything suggested in this forum. Just can't get it to work. Here is the status:

1. I can see the SSID of my router and others around my home thru Ubuntu
2. I have disabled the security on wireless. This is tested thru other PC that also uses wireless.
3. It appears that RT2870STA (driver for the USB wireless card) is loaded
4. When I select my router from the list, it tries for about 20 seconds and then a message says something like "Wireless Network Disconnected"

I might be close. However, I am on the verge of giving up after trying nonstop for 8 hours. I am not sure what I should do next. One thing I didn't get to try is to add the chip info from lsusb into the header file. I just couldn't find the header file in the RT2870 folder.

Here is the wireless setup info as generated by Paul's bash file.

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation E7205 Memory Controller Hub [8086:255d] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: e7xxx_edac, intel-agp
00:00.1 Class [ff00]: Intel Corporation E7505/E7205 Series RAS Controller [8086:2551] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation E7505/E7205 PCI-to-AGP Bridge [8086:2552] (rev 03)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 82)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24c0] (rev 02)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller [8086:24cb] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 02)
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400/G450 [102b:0525] (rev 85)
	Kernel driver in use: matrox_w1
	Kernel modules: matrox_w1, matroxfb_base
02:0d.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 [8086:1229] (rev 10)
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100

============ lsusb ============
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0ea0:2168 Ours Technology, Inc. Transcend JetFlash 2.0 / Astone USB Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1737:0070 Linksys 
Bus 001 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 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1           3740  1 
nls_cp437               5372  1 
vfat                   10716  1 
fat                    51452  1 vfat
usb_storage            52544  1 
binfmt_misc             8356  1 
mga                    60156  2 
drm                   159584  3 mga
snd_intel8x0           30168  2 
snd_ac97_codec        101216  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                1532  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            37920  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16028  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                75296  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           2656  0 
rt2870sta             488820  0 
arc4                    1660  2 
snd_seq_oss            28576  0 
snd_seq_midi            6432  0 
snd_rawmidi            22208  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6940  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
matrox_w1               3196  0 
iptable_filter          3100  0 
ecb                     2524  2 
snd_seq                50224  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
wire                   24608  1 matrox_w1
snd_timer              22276  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6920  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ip_tables              11692  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               16544  1 ip_tables
rt2800usb              37372  0 
snd                    59204  14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               7264  1 snd
rt2x00usb              11548  1 rt2800usb
snd_page_alloc          9156  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
shpchp                 32272  0 
rt2x00lib              29756  2 rt2800usb,rt2x00usb
led_class               4096  1 rt2x00lib
input_polldev           3716  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              181236  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               93052  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
crc_ccitt               1852  1 rt2800usb
psmouse                56180  0 
serio_raw               5280  0 
ppdev                   6688  0 
parport_pc             31940  1 
lp                      8964  0 
parport                35340  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid                 38208  0 
floppy                 54916  0 
e100                   32452  0 
mii                     5212  1 e100
intel_agp              27484  1 
agpgart                34988  2 drm,intel_agp

============ dmesg-firmware ============
[   26.211468] rt2800usb 1-4:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
[   35.845674] e100 0000:02:0d.0: firmware: requesting e100/d102e_ucode.bin

============ kernel version ============
2.6.31-14-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:6e:d7:e0:b5  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:e5:d9:05:86  
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:e5ff:fed9:586/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:42 (42.0 B)  TX bytes:2376 (2.3 KB)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-1E-E5-D9-05-86-64-39-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP RUNNING  MTU:0  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


============ iwconfig ============
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  
          Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=13 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          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

[mike2010]

I got it working. Started at 10 PM and now it is 7:00 AM. I will post more details when I wake up after some sleep

However, I won't delay in offering my Thanks to Paul. His detailed posts helped me. All credit to him.

[mike2010]

Alright folks, here is what worked for me and I believe will work for anyone who is having an USB device that uses RT2870 driver. Few things to note upfront:

1. There is no need to install any new package or driver. Ubuntu 9.10 has everything that is needed for Linksys WUSB100 to work.

2. Do not waste time in trying to work with NDISWRAPPER. It didn't help me.

3. In case you have been trying several things, I'd recommend that you re-install Ubuntu 9.10 so that you can have clean copy.

4. Disable all security password at the router to avoid getting stuck in WEP and WPA issues.

I believe the issue is that Ubuntu 9.10 has two such drivers loaded at startup that try to work with WUSB100 USB wireless card. This causes issues resulting in both of them failing. These two drivers are RT2870STA and RT2800USB. You can verify this by using lsmod command in the terminal.

You will need to blacklist one of the two drivers. For me, disabling RT2800USB worked. Just edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file by adding a line at the bottom:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Here is the line in the conf file:

blacklist RT2800USB

Also, I changed all "lo" to "wlan0" in the /etc/network/interfaces file. However, I am not sure if this was necessary.

Save the file and restart the machine. You must be all set. I hope this helps and pardon me if I sound authoritative. After several hours of reading and trying, I guess I should be telling these with good level of confidence.

[waterhead]

Well, hello and welcome to Linux Forums!

Sorry that I wasn't around to help you out. It looks like you did OK by yourself, though. You didn't need to change lo to wlan0. lo is the local connection, internal to the system. It is sometimes referred to as localhost, or with the IP address 127.0.0.1.

In a perfect world I would want everyone to use the rt2800usb driver, because it is the open source driver for this card. But it simply doesn't work! I don't have any way to direct people to the developers for input and help, so I just recommend using the proprietary Ralink drivers.

Glad to here you got it working!

[snyper82]

No go here, I have the wusb100 ver.2 and I have no change from blacklisting the mod mentioned above. Any other suggestions? -running ubuntu 9.10 32bit

***CORRECTION***
I got it up and working following post #6 on ubuntuforums thread number 1236955
titled - linksys wusb100 problems - Ubuntu Forums (can't post links)

[waterhead]

You may not be able to post links, but you still can post exactly how you fixed it!

Also, remember that there are different versions of this device. Each version has different chips inside, and have different solutions to the problem.