[Debian-eeepc-devel] wpa_supplicant problems with rt2860 on 901

[Christian T. Steigies]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:11:09PM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
> I'm trying to use wpa_supplicant on my 901 but it's failing.  I have a
> simple open wifi network, but wpa_supplicant never succeeds in
> associating with the AP.
> 
> Using wpa_gui, I see an endless sequence of
>     Trying to associate with NNN
>     Authentication with NNN timed out
> where NNN is my AP address.
> 
> I have the exact same setup on my 701, and it associates and brings up
> the interface just fine.  And a Linksys USB wifi adapter on my 901
> also works fine, so I'm pretty sure the problem is with the rt2860sta
> driver (or some other piece of configuration I've missed).

Maybe not related, I got myself an MSI Wind clone (Medion akoya E1210)
instead of the 901 that I wanted, it has a RaLink Device 0781 WiFi built in
and I am using the rt2860sta driver with it. I've had a hard time configuring
that device, especially with Network-Manager as you have to bring the device
up before you can pass it any SSID or encryption keys. I never managed to
give it both parameters at the same time. Until I found RutilT which somehow
manages to pass all parameters to the card, it just works! The only drawback
I see so far is that you have to use DHCP, it does not allow to configure a
static IP (yet...).

http://bonrom.cbbknet.com/

Maybe that package would be useful to have in Debian?

Christian