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Need network Driver for RALINK

Asked by Shpresim

I'm going to switch from Windows XP to Linux Ubuntu....
I read about problems with network drivers in Linux....so i just have to make sure i have the network drivers ready when something goes wrong....
so...can someone show me a link where to download the drivers for my network adapter RALINK Turbo Wireless LAN Card, Model WL-150G-C (as it shows in my setup CD)

Just to mention that i tried Ubuntu wiothout install directly from CD, but i couldn't get my network to work...so i'm just preparing if something goes wrong when i install it)

Thnx. Help greatly appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

Thanks

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Shpresim (shpresim-5) said : 		#2

Sorry for late reply
here's what is shows:

description: Wireless interface
       product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
       vendor: RaLink
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:08:a1:ad:86:6d
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci latency=66 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:10 memory:40200000-40207fff

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Shpresim (shpresim-5) said : 		#3

description: Wireless interface
       product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
       vendor: RaLink
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:08:a1:ad:86:6d
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci latency=66 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:10 memory:40200000-40207fff

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

And the output of:

sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20

Thanks

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Shpresim (shpresim-5) said : 		#5

Cell 01 - Address: 00:03:2F:31:BF:BC
                    Channel:8
                    Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
                    Quality=44/70 Signal level=-66 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    ESSID:"Fani1"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000000026500ea4
                    Extra: Last beacon: 664ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000546616E6931
                    IE: Unknown: 010482040B16
                    IE: Unknown: 030108
                    IE: Unknown: DF20011E0000000006660902FF0F3030303332463331424642430000000000000000
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:E7:0E:92:F6
                    Channel:7
                    Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
                    Quality=40/70 Signal level=-70 dBm
                    Encryption key:off

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

According to the Terminal output that you sent us, your wireless card seems to work correctly and has successfully detected two wireless access points.

Please use the NetworkManager icon in the top right (or top left) corner of the Ubuntu desktop...

Network Manager will allow you to connect to your wireless access point.

Here is more info about NetworkManager:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Networkmanager

If it does not work, you can try installing wicd instead using the following command:

sudo aptitude install wicd

Here is more info about wicd:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicd

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Shpresim (shpresim-5) said : 		#7

...my adapter found some wireless networks (including Fani1) where i always connected in my XP...but it needs more info to connect,,
for example when i edit network in the tab of Wireless, it shows Auto Fani1,,,now i double click it and shows a window where i have to enter SSID,MAC Address, BSSID
So, the SSID is simply Fani1 (its automatically filled),,,but what to enter in MAC Address and BSSID....
shall i enter my physical address for MAC (i guess its like a serial number of my adapter serial: 00:08:a1:ad:86:6d) ,,but then what to enter for BSSID ? is this one? http://yfrog.com/6e62382149p

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

The BSSID doesn't need filling in

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Shpresim (shpresim-5) said : 		#9

Oh i menaged to connect te network after hours trying lol xD
Thank you guys...u really are lifesavers :)
Ciao...thnx again for ur help

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Shpresim (shpresim-5) said : 		#10

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.