Using a Hercules HWGUSB2-54-V2 wifi usb adapter

Hi,

System : 6.2-REL p4.

I'm trying to use this usb wifi adapter. It is based on a
Ralink RT2500 
chipset and should thus be useable with the ural-device
according to "man 
ural" (actually it speaks of the Hercules HWGUSB2-54,
without the "V2").

The problem is that I only get a detection in dmesg like
this :
ugen0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
and that I don't get a "ural0" device.

All the devices needed according to man ural are in the
kernel too.

How can I get this wifi adapter working ?

Thanks for any hints/pointers.
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 03:31:48PM +0000, beni wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> System : 6.2-REL p4.
> 
> I'm trying to use this usb wifi adapter. It is based on
a Ralink RT2500 
> chipset and should thus be useable with the ural-device
according to "man 
> ural" (actually it speaks of the Hercules
HWGUSB2-54, without the "V2").
> 
> The problem is that I only get a detection in dmesg
like this :
> ugen0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
> and that I don't get a "ural0" device.
> 
> All the devices needed according to man ural are in the
kernel too.
> 
> How can I get this wifi adapter working ?

Try adding a macro for the correct device ID to
/usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs. In this file it is listed as
GUILLEMOT
instead of Hercules, though.

You should be able to see the device-id with 'usbdevs -v'.
You're
looking for the first hexadecimal number (preceded by 0x).
The second
one is the vendor, and should be 0x06F8.

Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs: 
product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254     0xe000  HWGUSB2-54 WLAN

Then add

product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254V2     0x????  HWGUSB2-54-V2
WLAN

Replace the ???? by the correct device ID. 

Add it to the usb_devno ural_devs array in
/usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c, and rebuild your kernel.

Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c
        { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT,        
USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254 },

Then add
        { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT,        
USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254V2 },

Rebuild and install your kernel, reboot and try again.

Roland
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On Monday 30 July 2007 16:13:43 Rolannessto wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 03:31:48PM +0000, beni wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > System : 6.2-REL p4.
> >
> > I'm trying to use this usb wifi adapter. It is
based on a Ralink RT2500
> > chipset and should thus be useable with the
ural-device according to "man
> > ural" (actually it speaks of the Hercules
HWGUSB2-54, without the "V2").
> >
> > The problem is that I only get a detection in
dmesg like this :
> > ugen0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr
3
> > and that I don't get a "ural0" device.
> >
> > All the devices needed according to man ural are
in the kernel too.
> >
> > How can I get this wifi adapter working ?
>
> Try adding a macro for the correct device ID to
> /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs. In this file it is listed
as GUILLEMOT
> instead of Hercules, though.
>
> You should be able to see the device-id with 'usbdevs
-v'. You're
> looking for the first hexadecimal number (preceded by
0x). The second
> one is the vendor, and should be 0x06F8.
>
> Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs:
> product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254     0xe000  HWGUSB2-54
WLAN
>
> Then add
>
> product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254V2     0x????  HWGUSB2-54-V2
WLAN
>
> Replace the ???? by the correct device ID. 
>
> Add it to the usb_devno ural_devs array in
> /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c, and rebuild your
kernel.
>
> Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c
>         { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT,        
USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254 },
>
> Then add
>         { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT,        
USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254V2
> },
>
> Rebuild and install your kernel, reboot and try again.
>
> Roland

Roland,

Your explanation worked, thanks !

bsdaddict# dmesg -a | grep ural
ural0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
ural0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x00), RF unknown
ural0: Ethernet address: 00:08:d3:08:31:fd
ural0: if_start running deferred for Giant
ural0: timeout waiting for BBP/RF to wakeup
bsdaddict#  

BTW, the device id is 0x010 for this usb adapter.

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 07:27:47PM +0000, beni wrote:

> Your explanation worked, thanks !
> 
> bsdaddict# dmesg -a | grep ural
> ural0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
> ural0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x00), RF unknown
> ural0: Ethernet address: 00:08:d3:08:31:fd
> ural0: if_start running deferred for Giant
> ural0: timeout waiting for BBP/RF to wakeup
> bsdaddict#  
> 
> BTW, the device id is 0x010 for this usb adapter.

Good!

Now the good thing to do would be to create diffs for both
files, and
submit them for inclusion in 6-STABLE with send-pr. That way
everyone
with the same hardware can enjoy them.

And you'd have your first contribution to FreeBSD under your
belt. 

Roland
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