Comment 11 for bug 58117

Had the same problem. The card ran fine using rt61-module in dapper, but I couldn't get it to work using the rt61pci-module in edgy. Have spent hours but could not get it to work.

But the card works flamelessly in edgy using the ratech drivers (rt61).
Here is what I did:

1) i got the drivers from http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Linux/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.4.0.tar.gz

2) followed the readme to compile the kernel-module.
the rt61-module compiles fine, as usual linux-headers were required.
copied the firmware and the modified configuration file (set up ssid,wpa etc.) to /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/
Afterwards copied rt61.ko somewhere below /lib/modules/<kernel-version/
and run depmod

3) blacklisted the - broken? - ubuntu kernel module in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:
blacklist rt61pci

4) added the ratech-module in /etc/modules
and put an alias in /etc/modprobe.d/aliases:
alias ra0 rt61

5) added the following lines to /etc/network/interfaces:

iface ra0 inet static
address 192.168.7.228
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.7.1
auto ra0

Works perfectly for me.