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

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Mon Jan 17 20:29:45 MST 2011


novemberico wrote:
> 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

That seems unlikely to me, since he has an interface.  My guess is that it isn't configured to do 
the right thing.  That gets done through a network manager app, wicd, wpa-supplicant, etc.  But it 
has to be installed and run.

Dave


More information about the clue-tech mailing list