On 4/19/14, Stefan Sperling <s...@openbsd.org> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 02:12:23AM -0400, Alan Corey wrote: >> I just got a cheap USB WiFi adapter that I thought was a Realtek for >> some reason, turned out to be Ralink. I was interested in small >> because I want to mount it at the focal point of a TVRO satellite >> dish. If I'd known it was Ralink I wouldn't have bought it. >> >> So I plug it into my laptop running OpenBSD 5.2 and it just gets a >> ugen in dmesg, nothing in ifconfig at all, no drivers attach to it. >> ugen0 at uhub1 port 3 "MediaTek 802.11 n WLAN" rev 2.01/0.00 addr 2 >> >> On a Linux box lsusb says >> Bus 001 Device 071: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. >> >> The page at Rakuten where I got it: >> http://www.rakuten.com/prod/usb-mini-wifi-wireless-adapter-network-card-802-11n-150m/236363146.html >> There's a UPC code on that page. >> >> Any new Ralink driver since 5.2? I couldn't find anything. No >> paperwork came with it, just a mini-cd with Windows, Mac and >> supposedly Linux drivers for kernels 2.4 & 2.6 (ancient). It seems to >> use just "802 11N" as a model number. >> >> Any way to get it working or do I set it aside and wait for a driver >> someday? It was only $7.49 with free shipping. I've got a Realtek >> RTL8188 coming from China. > > There is a GPL'd linux driver for it from Ralink. > http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads/mt7601u-usb/ > So it's possible that OpenBSD will support it at some point. > Just keep it and wait. >
So it does need a different driver, it's not just a matter of tweaking a device ID somewhere? Looks like it's not being recognized at the USB layer, I've had to fudge device ids of scanners for SANE. And yes, this is a generic kernel. The standard 4 Ralink drivers are present but ignore it. -- Credit is the root of all evil. - AB1JX
