can't install/get wireless card on ubuntu10.04 working. rt2860

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Using Ubuntu 10.04
RT2860 but the folder is
"2009_0521_RT2860_Linux_STA_V2.1.2.0/"
and home folder is
jyzrxal

I need instructions that explicitly using MY home folder name, spells out what I'm suppose to do.

I SO want to have a wireless wifi card that works on a desktop. I do have ethernet wifi card underhood too. I need the wireless card to work at coffee shops and on vacation without having to go to hell and high water to get it working. Unfortunately someone dropped the ball there because thats not how it works. And they want Ubuntu to be mainstream? I laugh! ><-( I get numerous errors. One of them is no matter how I type it in, it seems to indicate that I'm not in the right folder. I thought I had fixed that, but still get errors.
jyzrxal IS the home directory.

And I'm not supposed to have to configure anything! But, Makefile is not found. :P
I'm using rt2860 I found out. NOT the Azio awd102n that is says on the CD! Who is a newbie suppose to know that that?!? I get the following errors and am beyond frustrated. NO

Here is the ORIGINAL using the first set of instructions. That I REDID bec someone said I was doing it all wrong! output code:

[Went to linux forum for help but couldn't post code bec stupid forum insisted I was posting URLs WITH CODE TAGS! :P I told them to delete my account as they can't help me anyways and I was through. And, person who came here and posted there thought I was NOT using Code tags! IDIOTs! ]

jyzrxal@Jupiter:~$ cd 2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/
bash: cd: 2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/: No such file or directory
jyzrxal@Jupiter:~$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
jyzrxal@Jupiter:~$ sudo -i
 
lsmod | grep rt2860sta
rt2860sta             481561  1 
root@Jupiter:~# cd 2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/
-bash: cd: 2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/: No such file or directory
 
 

I even tried it using the 2009 data, as the newest download used 2009.

NO matter WHAT I use, I get this result! So I used another how-to. Same result, then went back to linux forum's posters instructions and got the same result I knew I'd get because I had already did this. And was told I was doing it all wrong and should use code tags. I was, I just can't post results with URL IN CODE TAGS in that forum. :P

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Also it says that I have no wireless extensions!

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] [1106:0305] (rev 03)
    Kernel driver in use: agpgart-via
    Kernel modules: via-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] [1106:8305]
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] [1106:0686] (rev 40)
    Kernel driver in use: parport_pc
    Kernel modules: parport_pc
00:07.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev 06)
    Kernel driver in use: pata_via
    Kernel modules: pata_via
00:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 1a)
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:07.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 1a)
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:07.4 Bridge [0680]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] [1106:3057] (rev 40)
    Kernel modules: via686a, i2c-viapro
00:09.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2760 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R Cardbus [1814:0701]
    Kernel driver in use: rt2860
    Kernel modules: rt2860sta
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster [1102:0007]
    Kernel driver in use: CA0106
    Kernel modules: snd-ca0106
00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller [1106:3044] (rev 43)
    Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
    Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 [8086:1229] (rev 08)
    Kernel driver in use: e100
    Kernel modules: e100
00:0d.0 Communication controller [0780]: Conexant Systems, Inc. HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem [14f1:1033] (rev 89)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1)
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
 
============ lsusb ============
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 
============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
fbcon                  35102  71 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
vga16fb                11385  0 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
snd_ca0106             31531  1 
snd_ac97_codec        100646  1 snd_ca0106
ac97_bus                1002  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70662  3 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  2 snd_ca0106,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
nouveau               467048  2 
ttm                    49943  1 nouveau
snd                    54148  12 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm_kms_helper         29297  1 nouveau
drm                   162377  4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
soundcore               6620  1 snd
ppdev                   5259  0 
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 nouveau
via686a                10986  0 
via_agp                 5310  1 
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm
rt2860sta             481561  1 
i2c_viapro              5573  0 
parport_pc             25962  1 
agpgart                31724  3 ttm,drm,via_agp
shpchp                 28820  0 
lp                      7028  0 
parport                32635  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
e100                   28211  0 
ohci1394               26950  0 
usbhid                 36110  0 
hid                    67032  1 usbhid
mii                     4381  1 e100
ieee1394               81181  1 ohci1394
pata_via                7272  2 
floppy                 53016  0 
 
============ dmesg-firmware ============
[   20.533832] e100 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: requesting e100/d101m_ucode.bin
 
============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-23-generic
 
============ ifconfig ============
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:03:47:40:c4:7b  
          inet addr:192.168.1.135  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::203:47ff:fe40:c47b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5065 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4826 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:3357846 (3.3 MB)  TX bytes:1013643 (1.0 MB)
 
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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:480 (480.0 B)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)
 
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr c8:3a:35:c4:3b:7c  
          inet6 addr: fe80::ca3a:35ff:fec4:3b7c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:40410 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:525 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:11093253 (11.0 MB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:11 
 
 
============ iwconfig ============
wlan0     RT2860 Wireless  ESSID:""  Nickname:"RT2860STA"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:-84 dBm  Noise level:-97 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
 

[trutheality]

That last thing (iwconfig output) means it's working.

You should be able to connect to wireless networks using whatever wireless network manager ubuntu has (wicd i think)

From the command line you can look for access points by doing

iwlist wlan0 scan
 

connect to any open access point by doing

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_NAME
dhcpcd wlan0
 

secured access points are more complicated with the command line. Better to use something like wicd.

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@trutheality
Okay to hook up wirelessly at home, that is too difficult. It finds the network, but nothing else works. I get a permission denied. And when I try to add the network, and put in the password, its doesn't allow me to apply. HOwever, IF I can get the above working at coffee shop, and just use ethernet at home, then I am happy!


I've copied it down, so that I can go to coffee shop and try it.

Thanks!

[trutheality]

oh do sudo -i before those commands to avoid getting permission denied.

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So, the correct code, now that I'm not at coffee shop and at parents is... ?

# sudo -i ifconfig wlan0 up
# sudo -i iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_NAME
# sudo -i dhcpcd wlan0
 

However, coffee shop NOW requires a password.
And, of course i got the permission denied, but I forgot to put in the -i bit. :P And, because Sister needed her car and I had no time to redo it again, I packed up and left, so I could continue at Parents house. dbrothers is their network name.


However, at parents, running the wlan0 scan, nets me no scan results. Of course, they have mac airport set up.


So, question #1):
Assuming I put in the

sudo -i 

correctly, would it pop up in terminal a place to put in the Dunn brothers password for internet? Can you give me an output that I should see? Thanks!


(I'm going to try again tomorrow morning, when I'll have more time.)

Question #2:
What should I be doing to get connected to a secured network? Most coffee shops are going secured these days.

Thanks!

[trutheality]

@tpgames
I meant:

sudo -i
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_NAME
dhcpcd wlan0
 

by the way, this also works:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_NAME
dhcpcd wlan0
 

Unfortunately, this doesn't work on secured networks and the setup there depends on the type of security etc.

Your best bet is to use a gui. I think ubuntu should have wicd to run it, just enter

wicd-client
 

that should bring up the manager and everything is self-explanatory from there.
http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php for more info.

[trutheality]

Your best bet then is to use wicd.

wicd-client
 

to run it.
http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php
for more information.

PS. What I meant was:

sudo -i
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_NAME
dhcpcd wlan0
 

btw this also works:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_NAME
sudo dhcpcd wlan0
 

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@trutheality
It says that dhcpcd is not installed.
and when I use sudo apt-get install, that doesn't work.
I"m at coffee shop now with dad's Mac and my ubuntu.

could not resolve us.archive.ubuntu.com because I'm offline on ubuntu.

And, so dhcpcd wlan0 won't work, It keeps saying install what I can't isntall. :P


IS there a way to install it through USB cord from Mac to Ubuntu? Never mind! My dad has the wrong cords for that.

UPDATE again: Dad is running a memory stick to coffee shop so I can transfer the file to my ubuntu and hopefully install it. I"m hoping that double clicking on it will auto install it.

Question: Should I put the dhcpcd deb file in a specific folder before I try to install it? And, once I get it there, is there any other commands I should know? Assume complete idiotic newbie here. Thanks!

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Success! And without using wicd. However, I will take a look at wicd if I need to at home to use wireless there.
thanks!

This thread is now solved. :D