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[Jaunty] rt3090 driver not work with WPA/WPA2

Asked by Richard Cheung

I have a MSI CR400 notebook and I have installed the RaLink driver :
http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/2009_0612_RT3090_Linux_STA_V2.1.0.0_DPO.tar.gz

The device can work with WEP encryption and NO encryption but not WPA or WPA2.

I have tried the method suggested by this post :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/339891/comments/35

However, I get compilation error when I try to replace cmm_wpa.c
The error is something like this .... cmm_wpa.c error stray '\357'

I have no idea why it cannot connect to the WPA / WPA2 network. It just keep asking me to provide the password.

Are there any solution yet?

Richard Cheung

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Anatoly (camelclub) said : 		#1

Try ndiswrapper. Why it's wont be better than apply patch?

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Richard Cheung (richardcheung-hk) said : 		#2

How to use it, Anatoly?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WPAHowTo

not all cards can do wpa in linux

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Anatoly (camelclub) said : 		#4

apt-get install ndiswrapper-tools
apt-get install ndiswrappergtk

sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid <name>
wpa-ap-scan 2 #hidden (1 - open)
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-pairwise AES #or TKIP
wpa-group AES #or TKIP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk <gen_key_by_./wpa_passphrase>

and don't forget run rmmod on your old wi-fi driver

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Richard Cheung (richardcheung-hk) said : 		#5

Thanks Anatoly

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D. Hugh Redelmeier (hugh-mimosa) said : 		#6

Markus Heberling has packaged two versions of the Ralink driver for Ubuntu. See:
<https://launchpad.net/~markus-tisoft/+archive/rt3090>

His 1:2.3.1.3-0ubuntu0~ppa1 worked for me today (Karmic on an LG x120 netbook).

Thanks Markus!