[clue-tech] For Installfest Laptop does not go wireless

[novemberico]

Ralink can be hit or miss. My guess is you're missing the firmware/drivers,
which isn't surprising seeing as this driver is in staging. Be aware you may
have to upgrade your kernel to use it. See this page, it may help you:
http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta

On 17 January 2011 18:37, YES NOPE9 <yes at nope9.com> wrote:

> Dell Inspiron 5100   with Debian squeeze
>
> I attached a TENDA W311U USB wireless adapter once I felt I had determined
> there was no built-in wireless.
>
> when I ran 'ipconfig' I got :
>
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
>          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>
>
> when I ran 'lsus' I got :
>
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070
> Wireless Adapter
>
> I am unable to see my wireless router.
>
> Gus in Denver
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