Still having error with the 2.6.31-14-generic kernel in 9.10 Tried this many, many times. Even tried this with 9.04 - does not work here. Network manager can see "some" networks (not my WPA2 one though), but can connect to NONE of them.

Again, like so many others, rt2870 is not working still...was hoping that 9.10 would address this.

dmesg | grep rt2870
[ 1479.698285] rt2800usb 1-6:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
[ 2065.788442] rt2800usb 1-6:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
[ 2442.518544] rt2800usb 1-6:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin

dmesg | grep rt2800usb
[ 1479.683129] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy2::radio
[ 1479.683140] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy2::assoc
[ 1479.683152] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy2::quality
[ 1479.683375] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
[ 1479.698285] rt2800usb 1-6:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
[ 2065.782136] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy3::radio
[ 2065.782149] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy3::assoc
[ 2065.782161] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy3::quality
[ 2065.788442] rt2800usb 1-6:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
[ 2436.719914] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy4::radio
[ 2436.719925] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy4::assoc
[ 2436.719937] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy4::quality
[ 2442.518544] rt2800usb 1-6:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
[ 3120.004277] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy5::radio
[ 3120.004289] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy5::assoc
[ 3120.004300] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy5::quality



iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:08d7 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 047f:0ca1 Plantronics, Inc. USB DSP v4 Audio Interface
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 020: ID 7392:7718  
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 046d:09a2 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate Deluxe/S7500
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1267:0103 Logic3 / SpectraVideo plc G-720 Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:c01e Logitech, Inc. MX518 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 03f0:7e04 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet F4100 Printer series
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04cc:1521 Philips Semiconductors USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1c:c0:e8:eb:de
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI ip=192.168.1.14 latency=0 multicast=yes
       resources: irq:27 ioport:b000(size=256) memory:fe920000-fe920fff memory:fe900000-fe91ffff(prefetchable)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1f:1f:4b:be:66
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn