[ubuntu] tenda w322p pci card problems

**lordaro** · 07-26-2010

hi there,

i have been having problems with my wireless card for a while now
it just refuses to work!
so i have decided to act!
Tenda W332P PCI wireless-n (draft 2.0)
i believe it is a pre-v2.0 version (v2.0 is the one mainly on the internet)

more info:
googlesearch: "[ubuntu] problem with tenda w322p installation" then first link
(look for the replies to LordAro) (i can't post it as a link for silly reasons)

lots of outputs: wirelessproblems.txt/.zip

**coopstah13** · 07-26-2010

i don't see anything detected in that output for wireless

are you sure the card is seated in correctly? what version of ubuntu are you using? does the card work with any other OS/distro?

**reed9** · 07-26-2010

The wireless is here

Code:

00:08.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI [1814:0601]
	Kernel modules: rt3562sta, rt2800pci, rt2860sta

Currently, ndiswrapper is the only driver loading. There are two linux drivers, though quality can be a little iffy on both, from what I understand. The open source rt2800pci driver or ralink has a rt2860sta. The latter can be downloaded from their website. I'm not familiar with rt3562sta listed above. Have to look into that.

rt2860sta also requires firmware, I believe, which is near the bottom of the download page.

Here's a how to on compiling software.

Once you have that installed, blacklist ndiswrapper and make sure rt2860sta loads.

Code:

echo "blacklist ndiswrapper" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "rt2860sta" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Reboot. Check if networkmanager is showing your network.

**lordaro** · 07-27-2010

Originally Posted by coopstah13

i don't see anything detected in that output for wireless

are you sure the card is seated in correctly? what version of ubuntu are you using? does the card work with any other OS/distro?

yes - lights are on, 10.04, also tried with 9.10 before i upgraded, haven't tried any other os (planning to)

@reed9
minor problems with that:
when i try to unpack the 2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2, it comes up with the following errors:

Code:

bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

by the looks of things, this is a problem at their end, with their file, yes?

also, i'm not sure how to compile the firmware, or even if i've got the right file

i downloaded the RT2860_Firmware_V26.zip but inside is only the license and a .bin file (rt2860.bin) and i'm not sure what to do with them...

**reed9** · 07-27-2010

It's sort of a problem on their end. Linux doesn't traditionally care about file extensions the way windows does and the archive manager should know better than to fail because a gzipped file ends with bz2.

The file command can give useful info in cases like this

Code:

file 2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2 
2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2: gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Thu Jul 15 07:09:16 2010

From the console do

Code:

tar xvzf 2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2

The firmware is a binary blob, no compiling required. Just stick the .bin file in /lib/firmware

**lordaro** · 07-31-2010

ah! we're getting somewhere now!
i can see the network!
problem is now, click on it to connect, and the password request box comes up 3-4 times, then it gives up trying to connect

network admin has assured me the password is correct
can provide pics if you need them
can also probably persuade admin to take password off for a couple of mins while i try to connect again

**lordaro** · 08-02-2010

no one?
i really think i'm getting close now

**reed9** · 08-02-2010

Were you able to try it with the encryption disabled? WPA/WPA2 can be problematic for some drivers, I know, though I have no experience with this particular one.

The default networkmanager has been known to have problems as well, for some people. You could try using Wicd instead.

**lordaro** · 08-18-2010

good news! i managed to connect with Wicd and no encryption
such bad signal i couldn't use the internet before it cut out, but i think that's due to the distance, not anything else. we need a repeater...(anyone know a good one?)

anyway of getting it to connect with encryption?

**lordaro** · 08-25-2010

info:
when attempting to connect with encryption, it says:

Obtaining IP Address Failed

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