Trying getting a Encore N150 [ENLWI-N3] to work, lost cause?

[ClayDough]

Hi and thanks in advance for any help!

I have an Encore N150 ENLWI-N3 I'm trying to get working with my Linux Mint 11 OS. I'm a beginner in the land of wireless cards so any help is very appreciated.

My last card was a Sabrent with the Ralink chipset. I had to buy local for my current card, and the closest possible Linux friendly card I could find is a Encore N150 which also uses a Ralink chipset. Is it possible to make this work?

Here are my specs:

 Linux Mint 11 2.6.38-11-generic

lspci -knn

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) [8086:2530] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:010c]
    Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:2532] (rev 04)
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 04)
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2440] (rev 04)
    Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:244b] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:010c]
    Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2442] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:010c]
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller [8086:2443] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:010c]
    Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2444] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:010c]
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] [10de:0221] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Device [196e:02f0]
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nouveau, nvidiafb
02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 [1102:0002] (rev 0a)
    Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4780 SBLive! Value [1102:8022]
    Kernel driver in use: EMU10K1_Audigy
    Kernel modules: snd-emu10k1
02:09.1 Input device controller [0980]: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port [1102:7002] (rev 0a)
    Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick [1102:0020]
    Kernel driver in use: Emu10k1_gameport
    Kernel modules: emu10k1-gp
02:0a.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:3060]
    Subsystem: Ralink corp. Device [1814:3060]
    Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
    Kernel modules: rt2800pci

lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
dm_crypt               22463  0 
vesafb                 13449  1 
arc4                   12473  2 
rt2800pci              18119  0 
rt2800lib              43824  1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt              12595  1 rt2800lib
snd_emu10k1_synth      12964  0 
snd_emux_synth         33506  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi        13309  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul      13482  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_emu10k1           137068  3 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_ac97_codec        105614  1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                80042  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
nvidia               9766978  38 
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
rt2x00pci              13986  1 rt2800pci
snd_util_mem           13786  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep              13274  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
rt2x00lib              39075  3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
snd_rawmidi            25269  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
mac80211              257001  3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  2 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51291  5 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd_timer              28659  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14110  5 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211              156212  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
dcdbas                 14054  0 
snd                    55295  14 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
emu10k1_gp             12566  0 
gameport               15027  2 emu10k1_gp
eeprom_93cx6           12653  1 rt2800pci
parport_pc             32111  1 
soundcore              12600  1 snd
shpchp                 32345  0 
intel_rng              12700  0 
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
dm_raid45              88410  0 
xor                    21860  1 dm_raid45
btrfs                 527388  0 
zlib_deflate           26594  1 btrfs
libcrc32c              12543  1 btrfs
usbhid                 41704  0 
hid                    77084  1 usbhid
floppy                 60032  0

ifconfig

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:2552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:201904 (201.9 KB)  TX bytes:201904 (201.9 KB)

wlan2     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:06:4f:99:c8:c6  
          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) 
  

If anyone can help me get this thing working, or at least point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it.

[MikeTbob]

Hello there.
Everything looks good to me. Try these commands and post your results please.

sudo ifconfig wlan2 up

sudo iwlist wlan2 scan

Tell us everything you can about your setup, do you use a router, does your access point use WEP or WPA encryption? What's the name of your access point?

[ClayDough]

"sudo ifconfig wlan2 up" returned no output. It just went back to prompt.

"sudo iwlist wlan2 scan" returned:

wlan2    No scan results

I use a Zyxel PK5000Z modem dsl router. WPA-WPA2 personal encryption.
Is the name of my access point the same as the SSID? If so it's XXXX.

[MikeTbob]

Can you post the output of

dmesg | grep -i firmware

[ClayDough]

Can you post the output of

dmesg | grep -i firmware

This returns no output.

[MikeTbob]

Is the access point set to broadcast?

[Rubberman]

Go here for a list of supported Ralink chip sets and how to get them to work: Drivers - Linux Wireless

[ClayDough]

Is the access point set to broadcast?

Everything was working just fine until I had to put in the new adapter card. According to my modem/router configuration:

SSID Broadcast:	Enabled

[ClayDough]

Go here for a list of supported Ralink chip sets and how to get them to work: linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers]Drivers - Linux Wireless

I followed the instructions on identifying the right drivers for the device. The ID pair for the card is 1814:3060. With this I found:

cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RT2800PCI.html

and

cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RT2X00.html

If I understand correctly, this is a positive indication of drivers out there which support this device. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to make use of this information. It's a bit beyond my current skills, but I'm willing (and want) to learn.

Thanks for your help!

[jayd512]

That card does use the rt2800pci driver, which is already installed.
Do you by any chance have MAC filtering enabled on your router?