Comment 6 for bug 85293

Ok here is my experience
as i freshly install feisty on a old compaq presario with usb 1.1 (not my computer), I plugged the dongle (HWGUSB2-54) say as recognize.
Then I was able to see access point but not link quality.
I try to connect to any AP but cannot get the network. I also try manually without any result

Then I try to update with last rt2570 everything goes right except the fact that it seems not to update module but to place it in a strange location : /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/extra

So I try to look at the different modules I would found on my computer. I found out that in feisty module are in /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/ubuntu/wireless/rt2x00-legacy. I try to switch files and launch modules with insmod but no result left.

Then I found different file in /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/ubuntu/wireless/rt2x00 as it seems new in the serialmonkey web site i decided to try.
And it work using both rt2xlib.ko and rt2500usb.ko modules.
So first try was done like this :
disconnect the dongle/ then restart the machine
then I set modules with a modprobe rt2x00lib and a modprobe rt2500usb
then i connect the dongle. I was able to see AP and also the link quality.
A shot on an AP without any wep or wpa enable and I was finally able to get the network.
each time I restart the computer I had to disconnect the dongle before powering on the computer.

an lsmod give me that rt2570 was up and working weird??
Even more weird :
I try to blacklist the rt2570 modules in /etc/modprobe.d

Now I'am able to get network without disconnecting the dongle at each start
Only one bad thing keeps remaining dongle cannot connect to AP with WPA (actually a livebox with the basics security enable) cause i get a strange message.