[dundee] Ralink RT2860 on netbook

Nistur nistur at googlemail.com
Sat Apr 4 22:16:56 UTC 2009


Hey, thanks dude, I'll have a go, I've already had a go with the RT2860STA
driver but like I said, it doesn't like setting the SSID :(

Thanks again, hadn't found all that yet, should make for some light reading
tonight :p

On Apr 4, 2009 11:11 PM, "azmodie" <azmodie at gmail.com> wrote:

possible solutions for the msi wind,   (yours is rebranded msi wind u100)
>>
>
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5323522&postcount=70

http://queleimporta.com/ubuntu-on-msi-wind-with-ralink-wireless-radio/

Ralink RT2860 wifi https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MsiWind
>
> Some later models of the Wind come with the Ralink RT2860 wifi card, which
> is not currently supported by default. The driver is in the Debian unstable
> repository. To install it, follow the following steps, based on these
> instructions:
>
> Download the package:
> http://packages.debian.org/sid/all/rt2860-source/download and then install
> the source package. After that, execute the following commands to build and
> install the driver and to ensure that the driver modules are loaded at boot
> time:
>
> sudo aptitude install debhelper module-assistant
> sudo m-a a-i rt2860
> sudo modprobe rt2860sta
> sudo echo rt2860sta >> /etc/modules
>
> You should then be able to configure your wireless connection with the
> NetworkManager applet.
>
> Don't forget to actually enable the Wireless card by using Fn-F11
>


see if that helps any. if not i'll check more when i wake up. half asleep.

azmodie

2009/4/4 Nistur <nistur at googlemail.com>:

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