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--- rt2570 [2007/09/27 19:52] – added mirror sites for the driver darkaudax
+++ rt2570 [2017/01/09 21:31] (current) – Mark page as deprecated. mister_x
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+====== DEPRECATED ======
+**IMPORTANT NOTE**: This page is deprecated, updated documentation can be found [[install_drivers|here]]
 ====== rt2570 ======
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   ifconfig rausb0 down
   rmmod rt2570
-  wget http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~p_larbig/wlan/rt2570-k2wrlz-1.6.1.tar.bz2
+  wget http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~p_larbig/wlan/rt2570-k2wrlz-1.6.3.tar.bz2
-  tar -xvjf rt2570-k2wrlz-1.6.1.tar.bz2
+  tar -xvjf rt2570-k2wrlz-1.6.3.tar.bz2
-  cd rt2570-k2wrlz-1.6.1/Module
+  cd rt2570-k2wrlz-1.6.3/Module
   make && make install
   modprobe rt2570
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 Make sure to load the driver with modprobe (not insmod).
-Mirrors for the driver:
+===== Troubleshooting Tips =====
-   http://echoaudio.ca/aspj/
+Make sure you have the newest version 1.6.3 installed. It has fixes for the new kernel version 2.6.27.
-   http://aspj.wiredwireless.com/
-===== Troubleshooting Tips =====
 Note that this driver currently does not work on big endian systems, such as the PowerPC. Attempting to run "ifconfig rausb0 up" will cause ifconfig to use 100% CPU power, bringing your system to a crawl and never actually working.
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   * Use the newest kernel you can get
   * Try to use a non SMP version of your kernel
-  * Use the newest 1.6.1 driver
+  * If the hardware totally loses its function: Use the oven method to get it back to life: http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=233.msg6371#msg6371
-  * If the hardware totally loses its function: Use the oven method to get it back to life: http://tinyshell.be/aircrackng/forum/index.php?topic=233.msg6371#msg6371
 ===== When to use this driver? =====
-See this [[http://tinyshell.be/aircrackng/forum/index.php?topic=2306.msg12907#msg12907|message]].
+See this [[http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=2306.msg12907#msg12907|message]].
-If you have a ralink chip in an USB device that chip is a RT2570 or RT73 and you need "rt2570" driver or "rt73" driver, "rt2500" driver is for PCI/PCMCIA devices.
-Using legacy drivers (or ASPj mods) interface name is ra0 for PCI/PCMCIA and rausb0 for USB devices, if you have wlan0 and wmaster0 interfaces you are using new rt2x00-mac80211 driver (rt2x00 has various modules, for USB devices are "rt2500usb" and "rt73usb", unload them and load "rt2570" or "rt73").
+If you have a Ralink chip in an USB device and that chip is a RT2570 or RT73 (RT73 is also known as RT2571 and RT2573), you need the "rt2570" or "rt73" driver. The "rt2500" driver is only for PCI/PCMCIA devices.
+Using legacy drivers (or ASPj mods) interface name is ra0 for PCI/PCMCIA and rausb0 for USB devices, if you have wlan0 and wmaster0 interfaces, then you are using new rt2x00 driver (rt2x00 has various modules, for USB devices they are "rt2x00lib", "rt2x00usb" and "rt2500usb", unload them and load "rt2570" if you want to use the other driver).