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Since my attempt for a solution is mentioned here I'd like to weigh in with my comments. My driver patch instructions only seem to work with the original (2.6.31) 10.04 kernel. Today brought an update that installs kernel 2.6.32. This of course breaks my workaround. Strangely, my instructions to compile a driver do not seem to work with kernel 2.6.32? I have now installed the test 2.6.33 kernel and it actually works and I am online but now I can only connect a 802.11g speeds (e.g. 54mbs) and not the 802.11n (e.g. 135 mbs) speed I could using my compiled driver? Oh well, I guess I should be thankful I can still connect at all!
I have to agree with post #107 about how poorly this reflects on Ubuntu 10.04 which I think is otherwise a very nice release. I didn't whine, I tried to do something about it but it is not proper that end users have to go through these hoops to get up and running. I've got a half dozen usb network sticks with names like Dlink, Linksys, SMC, Tenda, etc. Only one of these actually works out of the box with Ubuntu 10.04. Not a great batting average?
I actually looked at the "Wifi Docs Wireless Cards Supported" page. I drilled down on some of the links and there are a lot of gaps and no testing for over a year? Ralink is not even listed in the "By Manufacturer" list? Oddly, at the top of the doc there is this statement: "mentions Ralink and Realtek as open-source friendly Wifi vendors". Huh? Who maintains this stuff?
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