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How do I get a Ralink RT3060 wireless card working?

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I am new to linux. I was using fedora and now switching to Ubuntu for a try.
On Fedora my wireless network card was working OK from the OS install (I didnt had to do anything for it to work)
On Ubuntu, with the lspci -v command, I get:

Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3060 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

    Subsystem: Ralink corp. RT3060 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

    Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20

    Memory at fe9e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]

    Capabilities: <access denied>

    Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci

    Kernel modules: rt2800pci

But I am not able to find any wireless network.
What to do now?

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answered 1 Year ago oreera · Accepted Answer

For 11.10:

There appears to be an issue with the RT3060 wireless card in 11.10 - it defaults to the 2800 kernel module which is incorrect.

Connect via your fixed wired link and run:

wget http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum/attachments/2814031/angepasster-DPO_RT3562_3592_3062_LinuxSTA_V2.4.1.1_20101217.tar.gz

tar xzvf angepasster-DPO_RT3562_3592_3062_LinuxSTA_V2.4.1.1_20101217.tar.gz

Run the following (copy and paste) into a terminal - N.B. you'll need to do this each time there is a Kernel update.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms

cd angepasster-DPO_RT3562_3592_3062_LinuxSTA_V2.4.1.1_20101217/

sudo make

sudo make install

echo "blacklist rt2800pci" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rt2800pci.conf

sudo modprobe -rfv rt2800pci

sudo modprobe -v rt3562sta

This should make the wireless card work ok.

If you have wireless drop-outs then you'll need to disable power-management

gksudo gedit /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/wireless

change this part:

case $driver in

ipw2100) iwpriv_ac="set_power 0"

iwpriv_batt="set_power 5"

iwconfig_ac="power on"

iwconfig_batt="power on";;

ipw3945)

iwpriv_ac="set_power 6"

iwpriv_batt="set_power 7";;

iwl*) if [ -f "/sys/class/net/$1/device/power_level" ]; then

iwlevel_ac=0

iwlevel_batt=3

else

iwconfig_ac="power off"

iwconfig_batt="power on"

fi;;

*) iwconfig_ac="power off"

iwconfig_batt="power on";;

esac

to:

case $driver in

        ipw2100) iwpriv_ac="set_power 0"

            iwpriv_batt="set_power 0"

            iwconfig_ac="power on"

            iwconfig_batt="power on";;

        ipw3945)

            iwpriv_ac="set_power 6"

            iwpriv_batt="set_power 6";;

        iwl*) if [ -f "/sys/class/net/$1/device/power_level" ]; then

                 iwlevel_ac=0

                 iwlevel_batt=0

              else

                 iwconfig_ac="power off"

                 iwconfig_batt="power off"

              fi;;

        *) iwconfig_ac="power off"

           iwconfig_batt="power off";;

    esac

More information and possible wireless-N workarounds are described in the source of this answer.