Comment 1 for bug 210725
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| Pac Shady (pacshady) wrote Re: RaLink RT2790 not working | #1 |
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OK, I managed to get the card to SORT OF work using the Windows driver in ndiswrapper. The card is detectable, wicd can see the networks available, etc. but the network won't connect.
On two occasions I DID get it to work however, so long as the connection was active (ie. a restart would kill it and the card wouldn't work again). Firstly, one has to be able to have access to an ethernet. Secondly, the card needs to be set up with ndiswrapper, and fail the connection. Then, plug the wired cable in and connect to the ethernet using wicd. Then immediately after try to connect to the wireless again. This MAY work, but only once. Making a new user and trying it again seems to allow one to replicate it, at least once (haven't been able to replicate it more than once so far).
Besides these two individual occasions, this card is almost paperweight-like in it's usefulness so far. The capacity is definitely there for it to work, due to it's ability to SEE networks, but so long as it can't reliably connect it's broken.