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Wi-Pi from element14 won't scan

tjmcwiz
tjmcwiz over 12 years ago

I've tried installing the Wi-Pi from element 14 - a USB WIFI device. It doesn't find my local AP on a scan so I'm trying to find out why. Some details on my Raspberry PI.

 

uname -r

     3.6.11+

 

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

 

iwlist wlan0 scan

wlan0           No scan results

 

ifconfig wlan0 

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:13:38:12:a1 

          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

 

lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

snd_bcm2835            16304  0

snd_pcm                77560  1 snd_bcm2835

snd_seq                53329  0

snd_timer              19998  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

snd_seq_device          6438  1 snd_seq

snd                    58447  5 snd_bcm2835,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_seq_device

snd_page_alloc          5145  1 snd_pcm

arc4                    1676  2

rt2800usb              14940  0

rt2800lib              55351  1 rt2800usb

crc_ccitt               1522  1 rt2800lib

rt2x00usb              11215  1 rt2800usb

rt2x00lib              42334  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb

mac80211              273413  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib

cfg80211              184163  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib

rfkill                 18202  2 cfg80211

leds_gpio               2235  0

led_class               3562  2 leds_gpio,rt2x00lib

 

dmsg (related to usb wifi device)

[    3.402537] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11 n WLAN

[    3.408999] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Ralink

[    3.422522] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 1.0

[    3.738294] udevd[154]: starting version 175

[    4.938319] Registered led device: led0

[    5.153523] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain

[    5.953525] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg

[    6.223948] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'

[    6.225181] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy0::radio

[    6.225302] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy0::assoc

[    6.225429] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy0::quality

[    6.225634] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb

 

 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.....

 

Message was edited by: Tom McCool

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  • nlarson
    nlarson over 12 years ago

    Hi Tom - I'm going to move this post into our Raspberry PI Accessories group - we've got a lot of Pi experts in there that can help with your question.  If you still aren't able to get answers to your question - feel free to reach out to us in Feedback & Support.

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