Im folgenden sind Möglichkeiten zusammengestellt, wie ich eine RaLink RT61 Karte unter Ubuntu 8.04 zum laufen bekommen habe.

• lspci

00:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g

• rt2x00 Projekt
• http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz

• aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-generic
• tar xzf rt61.tar.gz
• cd rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module
• make

make[1]: Betrete Verzeichnis 'linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rtmp_main.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/mlme.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/connect.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/sync.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/assoc.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/auth.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/auth_rsp.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rtmp_data.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rtmp_init.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/sanity.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rtmp_wep.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/wpa.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/md5.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rtmp_tkip.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rtmp_info.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/eeprom.o
  CC [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rt2x00debug.o
  LD [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rt61.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rt61.mod.o
  LD [M]  rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rt61.ko
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis 'linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
!!! WARNING: Module file much too big (>1MB)
!!! Check your kernel settings or use 'strip'
*** Module rt61.ko built successfully
  * unstripped -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2716276 2008-06-20 19:43 rt61.ko
  * stripped   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  189036 2008-06-20 19:46 rt61.ko
    * aber stripped funktioniert es nicht mehr:
    * kernel: [ 1943.079763] rt61: module has no symbols (stripped?)
  * make install
<code>
*** Install module in /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/extra ...
make[1]: Betrete Verzeichnis 'linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
  INSTALL rt61-cvs-2008062011/Module/rt61.ko
  DEPMOD  2.6.24-19-generic
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis 'linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
/sbin/depmod -a
WARNING: Couldn't find symtab and strtab in module /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/extra/rt61.ko
*** Update /etc/modprobe.d/ralink alias for wlan*
*** Install firmware in /lib/firmware ...
*** Check old config ...

• modinfo rt61

filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/extra/rt61.ko
license:        GPL
description:    Ralink RT61 802.11abg WLAN Driver 1.1.0 CVS 2008062011
author:         http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion:     DB2135E360DEBD037D7953A
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.24-19-generic SMP mod_unload 586
parm:           debug:Debug mask: n selects filter, 0 for none (int)
parm:           ifname:Network device name (default wlan%d) (charp)

• modprobe rt61 ifname=wifi debug=255
  • kernel: [ 2149.657756] rt61: 1.1.0 CVS 2008062011 http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
• altes lsmod

rt61                  208900  0
rt61pci                25472  0
rt2x00pci              11264  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              22528  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
rfkill                  8592  2 rt2x00lib
input_polldev           5896  1 rt2x00lib
crc_itu_t               3072  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              165652  3 rt61pci,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6            3200  1 rt61pci

• modprobe.d/blacklist

blacklist rt61pci

• lsmod

rt61                  208900  1

• dmesg
  • rt61: RT61: RfIcType= 3

• wireless config

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
        address 192.168.222.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        wireless-mode master
        wireless-essid  inselklinik
        wireless-rate   54M auto
        wireless-channel        11 auto

wlan0     8 available bit-rates :
          1 Mb/s
          2 Mb/s
          5.5 Mb/s
          11 Mb/s
          9 Mb/s
          18 Mb/s
          36 Mb/s
          54 Mb/s
          Current Bit Rate=54 Mb/s

wlan0     No Peers/Access-Point in range

wlan0     11 channels in total; available frequencies :
          Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
          Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
          Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
          Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
          Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
          Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
          Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
          Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
          Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
          Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
          Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
          Current Frequency=2.412 GHz (Channel 1)

• compat-wireless-2.6 Downloadseite
• aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic

Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden zusätzlich automatisch installiert:
  binutils dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.2 gcc gcc-4.2 libc6-dev libgomp1 libstdc++6-4.2-dev libtimedate-perl 
  linux-headers-2.6.24-19 linux-libc-dev make patch 
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden zusätzlich installiert:
  binutils build-essential dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.2 gcc gcc-4.2 libc6-dev libgomp1 libstdc++6-4.2-dev libtimedate-perl 
  linux-headers-2.6.24-19 linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic linux-libc-dev make patch 
0 Pakete aktualisiert, 16 zusätzlich installiert, 0 werden entfernt und 4 nicht aktualisiert.

• compat-wireless-2008-06-24 compile log
• compat-wireless-2008-06-24 make install log
• compat-wireless-2008-06-24 make load + syslog