unable to use wifi dongle RT5370

[edoz90]

Hi there!!
I have a ralink wifi dongle with RT5370 chipset which I bought for my "old" raspberry B+ with raspbian and it works perfectly.
Today I've tried to use it with my new raspberry pi 2 with archlinux installed but the dongle seems to not works well: I cannot scan or connect to any network.

iwconfig:

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wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sudo wifi-menu -o:

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Scanning for networks... failed
No networks found

sudo cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/myconf.conf:

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ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1
ap_scan=1

How can I properly configure the dongle on arch?

[edoz90]

bump

[sdjf]

I am no wireless expert, but can point you to some ArchLinux Wiki pages that may help you. We use netctl and you need to make sure you have an appropriate profile set up in /etc/netctl

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl


Wireless network configuration - ArchWiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi ... figuration

[edoz90]

It's a driver problem... I cannot use the dongle...

[sdjf]

Don't give up that fast. A google search for the following turns up possible work-arounds:

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 archlinux rt5370

[edoz90]

Do you think that I didn't tried anything since Aug 14??

- compiled the official driver from ralink (patched for wpa_supplicant)
- tried on a PC with Manjaro installed, it's arch (not ARM) but the kernel modules are pretty the same
- tried with a live of Ubuntu, the dongle is recognized and I can set it up and connect but no surfing and after a while begins to heat up

Currently I'm waiting for someone who solved the problem or for try the dongle on the raspberryB+ with raspbian and check kernel modules and driver (but until monday I'm far far away from it).

[sdjf]

sorry was just trying to be helpful after you bumped thread.

[mahjongg]

If your time is worth more than say 5 euro, then give up!
buy the official WiFi dongle from the shop, it works with Raspbian out of the box!
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/usb-wifi-dongle/

[fruitoftheloom]

If your time is worth more than say 5 euro, then give up!
buy the official WiFi dongle from the shop, it works with Raspbian out of the box!

+1

[edoz90]

If your time is worth more than say 5 euro, then give up!
buy the official WiFi dongle from the shop, it works with Raspbian out of the box!
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/usb-wifi-dongle/

Not using raspbian with the raspi 2. Does it supports AP and packets injection?

[mahjongg]

Why not simply try it out. You can install it on other OS than raspbian too, even WIN10IOT uses it as its default.

[edoz90]

sure....