Comment 56 for bug 139070

yes, I can confirm the rt73usb.ko driver does not work for "ANY RELEASE"
never did, although the rt73 driver from here:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz
works fine. Wpa works great as well, unfortunately any wpa password longer
than 20 characters crashes Ubuntu and locks up the box, oops, nevermind,
just checked this forum thread:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=28063#28063
it seems the password length issue has been resolved for wpa with the rt73
driver from serialmonkey, basically here is how to install:
wget http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz
tar zxvf rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz
cd rt73*
cd M*
make
sudo make install
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
append this to the end of the file:
# rt73 blacklisted drivers
blacklist rt2500usb
blacklist rt73usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib
blacklist ipv6
now sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart and we shall be connected if
/etc/network/interfaces file is configured correctly, here is an example of
mine:
# WORKING STATIC AES/WPA CONFIG
#auto wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet static
#address 192.168.1.66
#netmask 255.255.255.0
#gateway 192.168.1.254
#pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
#pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid 2WIRE
#pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
#pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set Channel=9
#pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
#pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=AES
#pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=yourwpapasswd
#pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set TxRate=0

# WORKING DYNAMIC AES/WPA CONFIG
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid 2WIRE
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set Channel=10
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=yourwpapasswd
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set TxRate=0
mtu 1500
There we go rt73 working perfectly, now, lets watch and see if the Ubuntu
developers can add this wonderful driver to Gutsy and Heron...
Kyle Weller
On Jan 10, 2008 12:03 AM, Piotr Makowski < oponek@*> wrote:

> I checked Hardy and there are still problems with some ralink cards...
> -> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134660
>
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> [Gutsy] Ralink 2573 usb adapter does not work out of the box
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139070
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