Trying to get usb wifi adapter working. Ralink rt3070 device ID 148f:3070. Ubuntu 10.10

The goal is to get the USB adapter working. It is detected just by plugging it in. It can find wireless networks but cannot successfully connect to any. Note: I am trying to connect to a network with a hidden SSID (I know the name). Also, the windows driver exists and works properly.



attempt #1:



So far, I have tried messing with the blacklist.conf file:



- blacklisting rt2800usb

- blacklisting rt2870sta (rt2870sta is supposed to have support for the 3070)



with exactly one of these blacklisted (not both, not neither) - i could manually launch the other driver and get wireless working for about a minute. Then it would die and is not recoverable without a reboot.



Example:



add the line to blacklist.conf:



rt2870sta



then, sudo modprobe rt2800usb



the wireless USB device will operate correctly for about 60 seconds. blacklisting rt2800usb and running rt2870sta also worked the same way.



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attempt #2:



I took the driver off the disc and tried to compile it.



sudo apt-get install build-essential



cd to firmware directory



make && make install



failure failure failure.



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attempt #3:



please help me. I don't care if I have to use ndiswrapper or restricted software or what. I want this thing to work.



Ralink rt3070

device ID 148f:3070

Reply 1 : Trying to get usb wifi adapter working. Ralink rt3070 device ID 148f:3070. Ubuntu 10.10

When it dies after a minute, what do you see in /var/log/syslog

Reply 2 : Trying to get usb wifi adapter working. Ralink rt3070 device ID 148f:3070. Ubuntu 10.10

Download - Linux Wireless



new versions almost every day .. doing some patching of source and then compiling it.



best for my 1W rt for wireles c* .. .. .. wardriving ..