On Dec 5, 2007 1:35 PM, naturalwatt <> wrote:
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> Partly replying to myself. I like it when lists like this contain answers as
> well as questions.
> It's frustrating to seach for something, only to find that other people have
> had the sam
> problem but have not reported how they fixed it.
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> Let's hope this is of some use to others.
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> I bought a BlueNext Wifi dongle, called the BN-WD54G. The site lists a Linux
> driver which
> is called RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.3.6. (Their OSX driver is for 10.4 and I'm
> not going to
> risk loading a 10.4 kernel extension on either of my 10.5 systems!)
I'm using the driver from Ralink:
http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.4.0.tar.gz
and works just fine.
We've had 3 DAQ TS7260 working for 4 days without a single problem
(data is read once per second and transmitted).
Gonzalo
> I downloaded and compiled it to create rt73.o. Using insmod rt73, it loads
> with an error
> message:
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> insmod: multiply defined
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> (There are two spaces between insmod and multiply, so it looks like an empty
> string is
> being reported).
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> Dmesg shows:
> rtusb init ====>
> usb.c: registered new driver rt73
> idVendor = 0x148f, idProduct = 0x2573
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> Which is good. I can issue 'ifconfig rausb0 up' and have also compiled
> iwconfig and iwlist
> from wireless-tools (use Google!)
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> However, my ts7250 now crashes once or twice per day, which is less good.
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> I cannot connect to anything as 'iwlist rausbo scan' reports no networks
> nearby - which
> may be true.
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> Martin
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> --- In "Mahdi Jafari" <>
> wrote:
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> > Dear Gonzalo,
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> > It would be nice if you can write more about the D-Link DWL-G122 and
> > how to compile the driver, etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mahdi
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> >
> > --- In "Gonzalo A. de la Vega"
> > <gadelavega@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Dec 2, 2007 11:51 AM, Joe Bouchard <jbouchard@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 02:21:01PM -0000, naturalwatt wrote:
> > > > > I notice thatTechnologic do a Wifi USB option at ship time.
> > What other
> > > > USB Wifi dongles can I
> > > > > use? Ie, what has drivers availalable for 2.4 kernal?
> > > > >
> > >
> > > I prefer the D-Link DWL-G122 with Ralink 2571 chipset. The driver is
> > > much better than the old zd1211-r83 (new version, zd1211rw, doesn't
> > > work with 2.4 kernel). With the Ralink RT73 driver you can control
> > > communication parameters, like fragmentation and RTS thresholds and
> > > retry limit. It's a little more difficult to adapt an external
> > > antenna, but you still can do the job. I can send you the
> > > instructions if you will (for both the DWL-G122 and the zd1211
> > > IOGEAR).
> > > Note: if you use the RT73 driver with a DWL-G122 tweaking the driver
> > > so LEDs are never on saves some power (between 60 and 80mW, haven't
> > > done a detailed measure).
> > >
> > > You can also get a zd1211 dongle with SMA connector for external
> > antenna.
> > >
> > > > > Martin
> > > >
> > > > The ones they are shipping are based on zd1211 chipset.
> > > > I _think_ it's safe to assume if you buy one based on zd1211 you
> > should be
> > > > all
> > > > set. Note, that there is a zd1211A and zd1211B chip sets, and you
> > need the
> > > > kernel module A or B.
> > >
> > > That's right.
> > >
> > > > Personally, I buy them from Technologic Systems... I'd rather buy
> > from
> > > > them, and
> > > > maybe pay $10 extra, to get something that "just works" without any
> > > > mystery.
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > >
> >
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