[GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

[Russell Reiter]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the
> reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard.
>
> I have a RPi Model B running current Raspian, and a wifi dongle that
claims
> to run on it.

These instructions might help. Some driver updates from 2015 and source
links.

https://groenholdt.net/Computers/RaspberryPi/MediaTek-MT7601-USB-WIFI-on-the-Raspberry-Pi/MediaTek-MT7601-USB-WIFI-on-the-Raspberry-Pi.html

>
> `lsusb` reports it as
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U Wireless
> Adapter
>
> and `usb-devices` says:
> T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 4 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
> D: Ver= 2.01 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
> P: Vendor=148f ProdID=7601 Rev=00.00
> S: Manufacturer=MediaTek
> S: Product=802.11 n WLAN
> S: SerialNumber=1.0
> C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=160mA
> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 8 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
>
> Now... even though it says "Driver=(none)" on that last line, `lsmod`
> reports:
> Module Size Used by
> [...]
> mt7601u 86636 0
> mac80211 650707 1 mt7601u
> cfg80211 525998 2 mac80211,mt7601u
> [...]
> snd_hwdep 6479 1 snd_usb_audio
> videodev 177702 3 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2
> snd_usbmidi_lib 22479 1 snd_usb_audio
> snd_rawmidi 23727 1 snd_usbmidi_lib
> media 28994 2 uvcvideo,videodev
> rfkill 21373 2 cfg80211
> snd_seq_device 5266 1 snd_rawmidi
> snd_bcm2835 23131 0
> snd_pcm 97825 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_bcm2835
> snd_timer 22706 1 snd_pcm
> snd 68784 8
>
snd_hwdep,snd_usb_audio,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_device,snd_bcm2835,snd_pcm
> bcm2835_gpiomem 3791 0
> uio_pdrv_genirq 3718 0
> uio 10166 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
> fixed 3029 0
> ip_tables 12512 0
> x_tables 20921 1 ip_tables
> ipv6 384391 18
>
> So there is a module called mt7201u being loaded yet it's not seen as the
> associated driver to this card in usb-devices and it's definitely not
> showing in ifconfig or iwconfig.
>
> Any suggestions on what I'm missing is greatly appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Evan Leibovitch
> Toronto, Canada
>
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