Ralink 3573 / Cisco AE3000: Cannot scan for APs.

[galanom]

Hi!
I downloaded official drivers (rt2800usb does not support rt3573), deselected (and blacklisted) all ralink stuff in the kernel, compiled and installed.
I get an ra0 interface (and not a wlan0).

With iwconfig:

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ra0       Ralink STA  
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0

When I hit scan in wicd, I find no APs in range, and iwconfig says

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ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:""  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

And led flashes as I was indeed connected. With an other kernel I had ESSID="11n-AP" but there is no such AP. And what is this Nickname field?

My dmesg has this stuff:

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[  164.442669] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa56b0!
[  164.442678] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa5728!
[  164.442682] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa57a0!
[  164.442687] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa5638!
[  164.442692] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa54d0!
[  164.442695] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005aa5548!
[  164.442699] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6f9b8!
[  164.442703] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a5e828!
[  164.442707] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a5e8a8!
[  164.442710] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6fb48!
[  164.442715] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6f8c8!
[  164.442719] RTMP_TimerListAdd: add timer obj ffffc90005a6fac8!
[  164.444755] -->RTUSBVenderReset
[  164.444871] <--RTUSBVenderReset
[  164.674355] Key1Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[  164.674387] Key2Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[  164.674418] Key3Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[  164.674449] Key4Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
[  164.675189] 1. Phy Mode = 5
[  164.675715] 2. Phy Mode = 5
[  164.675721] NVM is Efuse and its size =3c[3c0-3fb] 
[  164.790019] 3. Phy Mode = 5
[  164.793520] AntCfgInit: primary/secondary ant 0/1
RTMPSetPhyMode: channel is out of range, use first channel=1 
[  164.852395] MCS Set = ff ff ff 00 01
[  164.863765] <==== rt28xx_init, Status=0
[  164.865521] 0x1300 = 00064300

My kernel is 3.6.1-pf, i have compiled CONFIG_IPW2200=m because i could not compile ralink driver without that (!!!) and CONFIG_IWLWIFI but nothing below CONFIG_RT2X00

Any idea?

[DONAHUE]

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ls /lib/firmware/rt2870.bin

if not present

emerge linux-firmware

http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support ... php?sn=501 driver came from here?

ESSID="11n-AP"

name of somebody's router's network

Nickname:"RT2870STA" is leftover name for the NIC for which driver was developed several years ago.

[*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
--- Wireless
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[ ] nl80211 testmode command
[ ] enable developer warnings
[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
[ ] enable powersave by default
[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
[*] Wireless extensions sysfs files
<M> Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[ ] lib80211 debugging messages
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
-*- Enable LED triggers
[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features --->

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iwlist wlan0 scan
emerge iw
iw dev ra0 scan

does either pick up your router?

set wicd -> preferences -> WPA_Supplicant driver -> nl80211

[galanom]

Yes, I have installed firmware from sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20120924
Yes, driver was from this site.
No! This is not a real AP. There is no 11n-AP network in range, my other wifi card does not see it, and it just appears there always and immediately

Kernel config:
I cannot find Wireless extensions sysfs files
"Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers" are mandatory compiled in (marked {M})

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 # iwlist wlan0 scan                                                                                                                 
wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning.
# iwlist ra0 scan                                                                                                                
ra0       No scan results
# iw dev ra0 scan                                                                                                                    
command failed: No such device (-19)
# iwconfig ra0                                                                                                                      
ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:"11n-AP"  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
# ifconfig ra0
ra0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::22aa:4bff:feea:9ba0  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 20:aa:4b:ea:9b:a0  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 9524  bytes 968040 (945.3 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
# iwlist wlan1 scan | grep ESSID                                                                                                    
                    ESSID:"Auberge"
                    ESSID:"FreeWifi_secure"
                    ESSID:"dlink"
                    ESSID:"FreeWifi"
                    ESSID:"FreeWifi"

Note that my wlan1 does not detect any 11n-AP essid. Also note that I have not received a single byte from ra0. How did it connect?

Some output from dmesg:

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[  139.761936] CfgSetCountryRegion():CountryRegion in eeprom was programmed
[  139.761955] CfgSetCountryRegion():CountryRegion in eeprom was programmed

Actually I did not configured any country.

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RTMPSetPhyMode: channel is out of range, use first channel=1 

Note missing of timing info. Why does it use ONLY channel 1? Actually the AP I wish to connect is at channel 13.

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# iwlist wlan1 scan| grep '(Channel'                                                                                                
                    Frequency:2.467 GHz (Channel 12)
                    Frequency:2.467 GHz (Channel 12)
                    Frequency:2.472 GHz (Channel 13)
                    Frequency:2.467 GHz (Channel 12)

(wlan1 is my onboard intel iwlwifi card) - there are no channel 1 networks.

[swimmer]

@galanom: if you run "make install" after compiling the driver from the Ralinktech site it installs an example config file in /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/. This file contains the SSID you're seeing all the time. Try to modify this RT2870STA.dat to your likings or otherwise remove it completely to see what happens ...

HTH
swimmer