Ralink RT7601 - Can't get it to work

[joaojotta]

Hello (Raspberry Pi) World!

I bought a Ralink RT7601thinking that everything would go smoothly installing it but, as a real noob at this, I can't seem to get it to work.
I've followed so many tutorials that I can sum it up to final conclusions: I can't be done.

lsusb lists

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"7601 Ralink Technology Corp."

and not the usual/most common

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"5370 Ralink Technology Corp."

Updates? Check
Upgrades? Check
Ralink firmware? Check

Any advices?
Thank you guys!

[fruitoftheloom]

Please post output of lsusb but it is more than likely a MT7601 as Ralink are now Mediatek.

The MT7601 has a lsusb ID 148f:7601 see

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/searc ... rds=mt7601

[joaojotta]

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BUS 001 Device 008: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

I'm running Raspbian, kernel is 3.12.22+.

Still can't get it to work.

[MrEngman]

You will need to download and install a driver. Take a look here and read through the thread and you will probably find a driver avalable for your version of OS. http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 01#p592000



MrEngman

[johndough]

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BUS 001 Device 008: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

I'm running Raspbian, kernel is 3.12.22+.

Still can't get it to work.

Hi

Duck Duck Go for ralink drivers gets you to http://www.ralinktech.com/en/

then in the drivers section hunt around for...

MT7601U USB 9/13/2013 v3.0.0.4 Linux
http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads/mt7610u-usb/


Windows version http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads/usb/

[radixx]

Hello guys, I've got exacty same problem. I've already tried everything writtenin several forum topics about MT7601 chipset. I tried to compile it myself, I tried installing it from this site http://gowthamgowtham.blogspot.sk/2013/ ... er-in.html and nothing works.....
My kernel version is 3.12.22+
I also used typing ssid/password in /etc/network/interfaces file as well as into the wpa_supplicant.conf file and nothing works
When I type ifconfig, I can see ra0 device but it has not assigned IP address, there is only some TX data (couple of kilobytes), RX data is zero.
Trying ifconfig ra0 up 192.168.0.XXX will assign me an IP address in ifconfig but I can't see ra0 MAC's address in my router settings. SSID and password are set correctly.

Any ideas? I'm desperate
Thanks

[fruitoftheloom]

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BUS 001 Device 008: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

I'm running Raspbian, kernel is 3.12.22+.

Still can't get it to work.

Hi

Duck Duck Go for ralink drivers gets you to http://www.ralinktech.com/en/

then in the drivers section hunt around for...

MT7601U USB 9/13/2013 v3.0.0.4 Linux
http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads/mt7610u-usb/


Windows version http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads/usb/

When it states Linux it invariably means x86-32 or x86-64 not the Pi's ARM architecture

[johndough]

Hi

I know.

################################
Googling around found this...
http://va3paw.com/2014/03/16/hsmm-mesh-on-raspberry-pi/

As a result, the dongle did not work in Raspbian out-of-the-box. Luckily, the source code of a driver was available from mediatek.com which I promptly downloaded to the Pi but it needed to be compiled first.
Compiling Mediatek RT7601 driver
After googling forums, reading documentation, and some trial and error, the driver was compiled, installed (mt7601Usta.ko) and the card was finally recognized by Raspbian (3.10.33+ #656 PREEMPT armv6l GNU/Linux).
The compilation steps were as follows (in Terminal):
# get root
sudo bash

# now continue as root and download latest updates
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
rpi-update

# now download linux kernel source
cd /usr/src
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
cd linux

etc. etc.