DWL-G630 revision E2

Hi list, I have a DWL-G630 revision E2 that I try to get to
work in
Kubuntu 6.10.
I have tried all I could google up, this card uses an RALINK
chipset, but
listed as "Ralink unknown device 0302" in lspci, I
tried the rt61 and
rt2500 modules, both load but none connects to the freakin'
card, so I'm
kinda stuck, I would like to get this to work without
ndiswrapper, so any
hints anyone could give me would be great!

The thing I don't get is that the card shows up as wlan0,
and SOMETIMES
find something when I run "iwlist scanning" but
not all the time, but in
knetworkmanager it's listed as a wired network card.
I don't know what driver it's using as it is and I don't
know why
knetworkmanager lists is as a wired card when it's named
wlan0 and can
sometimes scan for networks...

Im stuck, so as I said, any suggestions....

Thanx

Sturla



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* Sturla Holm Hansen wrote:
> Hi list, I have a DWL-G630 revision E2 that I try to
get to work in
> Kubuntu 6.10.
> I have tried all I could google up, this card uses an
RALINK chipset, but
> listed as "Ralink unknown device 0302" in
lspci, I tried the rt61 and
> rt2500 modules, both load but none connects to the
freakin' card, so I'm
> kinda stuck, I would like to get this to work without
ndiswrapper, so any
> hints anyone could give me would be great!
> 
> The thing I don't get is that the card shows up as
wlan0, and SOMETIMES
> find something when I run "iwlist scanning"
but not all the time, but in
> knetworkmanager it's listed as a wired network card.
> I don't know what driver it's using as it is and I
don't know why
> knetworkmanager lists is as a wired card when it's
named wlan0 and can
> sometimes scan for networks...
> 
> Im stuck, so as I said, any suggestions....

I have the same card, both the pci + pcmcia models, both are
buried at
the bottom of my box of useless stuff, your no doubt having
the same
problems i and the other subscribers to this[1] bug are
having. the only
way i managed to get this card working was to compile the
rt61 driver
from the ralink website[2], however the main problem i have
with that
option was everytime i wanted to change to a different
wireless network
i had to manually edit the firmware file and reload the
kernel module,
although it was stable and useful if you were staying
connected to the
same AP it didnt take long to get annoying when i started
moving around.
just researching further it seems this code has been
incorperated into
the rt2x00 project[3], so my advice at this point would be
to follow
that route, try the beta drivers and if no luck with that
try the cvs
version. good luck!



[1] -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/distr
os/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/35474
[2] - although it no longer seems to be available from them
anymore.
[3] - http://rt2x00.serialm
onkey.com/

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ben darby wrote:
> * Sturla Holm Hansen wrote:
>> Hi list, I have a DWL-G630 revision E2 that I try
to get to work in
>> Kubuntu 6.10.
>> I have tried all I could google up, this card uses
an RALINK chipset, but
>> listed as "Ralink unknown device 0302" in
lspci, I tried the rt61 and
>> rt2500 modules, both load but none connects to the
freakin' card, so I'm
>> kinda stuck, I would like to get this to work
without ndiswrapper, so any
>> hints anyone could give me would be great!
>>
>> The thing I don't get is that the card shows up as
wlan0, and SOMETIMES
>> find something when I run "iwlist
scanning" but not all the time, but in
>> knetworkmanager it's listed as a wired network
card.
>> I don't know what driver it's using as it is and I
don't know why
>> knetworkmanager lists is as a wired card when it's
named wlan0 and can
>> sometimes scan for networks...
>>
>> Im stuck, so as I said, any suggestions....
> 
> I have the same card, both the pci + pcmcia models,...
Wow!  All I did to get my DWL-G630 to work was to install
theLinux 
restricted package.  It now works 100% perfectly without any
troubles in 
Edgy, almost like it did in Dapper where it worked ot of the
box 
automatically without needing to install anything.


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* Scott wrote:
> ben darby wrote:
> > * Sturla Holm Hansen wrote:
> >> Hi list, I have a DWL-G630 revision E2 that I
try to get to work in
> >> Kubuntu 6.10.
> >> I have tried all I could google up, this card
uses an RALINK chipset, but
> >> listed as "Ralink unknown device
0302" in lspci, I tried the rt61 and
> >> rt2500 modules, both load but none connects to
the freakin' card, so I'm
> >> kinda stuck, I would like to get this to work
without ndiswrapper, so any
> >> hints anyone could give me would be great!
> >>
> >> The thing I don't get is that the card shows
up as wlan0, and SOMETIMES
> >> find something when I run "iwlist
scanning" but not all the time, but in
> >> knetworkmanager it's listed as a wired network
card.
> >> I don't know what driver it's using as it is
and I don't know why
> >> knetworkmanager lists is as a wired card when
it's named wlan0 and can
> >> sometimes scan for networks...
> >>
> >> Im stuck, so as I said, any suggestions....
> > 
> > I have the same card, both the pci + pcmcia
models,...
> Wow!  All I did to get my DWL-G630 to work was to
install theLinux 
> restricted package.  It now works 100% perfectly
without any troubles in 
> Edgy, almost like it did in Dapper where it worked ot
of the box 
> automatically without needing to install anything.

what are the H/W + F/W versions on your card though? these
companies mix
and match chipsets throughout the same product model without
mention
other than a different HW/FW version number in the fine
print. I brought
this card AFTER reading the wireless wiki as i was looking
for a card
that would work out of the box, but didnt pay enough
attention to the
versions & got the one that didnt work!

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ben darby wrote:
> what are the H/W + F/W versions on your card though?
I think the H/W ver is C2 and the F/W is 3.01.

> these companies mix
> and match chipsets throughout the same product model
without mention
> other than a different HW/FW version number in the fine
print.
I did not know that, that is good to know, thanks.

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* Scott wrote:
> ben darby wrote:
> > what are the H/W + F/W versions on your card
though?
> I think the H/W ver is C2 and the F/W is 3.01.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Wire
lessCardsSupported
shows that you got the ONE that works

> > these companies mix
> > and match chipsets throughout the same product
model without mention
> > other than a different HW/FW version number in the
fine print.
> I did not know that, that is good to know, thanks.

using yours as an example HW vC2 uses Atheros, where E1/2
uses the RT61

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