Linksys WUSB54GC Wireless USB Adapter -- install on Debian 2.6.8 kernel
Most of this info came from posts on Ralinktech.com forums
- my base system consisted of a "minimal" debian install from debian-31r1-i386-netinst.iso
- apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.8 kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-386 unzip gcc-3.4 gcc make wireless-tools
- cd /usr/src
- tar -xvjf kernel-source-2.6.8.tar.bz2
- mv kernel-source-2.6.8 linux-2.6.8
- get linux driver from RaLink web site
wget http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Linux/RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.3.0.tar.gz
... after the #define RTVID3 and RTPID3 lines insert: #define RTVID4 0x13b1 // Linksys WUSB54GC #define RTPID4 0x0020 ... after the "{USB_DEVICE(RTVID3,RTPID3)}, \" line insert: {USB_DEVICE(RTVID4,RTPID4)}, ... save and exit wq!
alias rausb0 rt73
auto rausb0 iface rausb0 inet static address 192.168.0.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 up sh /etc/network/do_wep &
#!/bin/sh ifconfig rausb0 up iwconfig rausb0 essid eeeeeee key restricted xxxxxxx nick nnnnnnn ifup rausb0