Asus EEE PC 901 Wi-Fi ralink2860 - invalid MAC address

[libran]

Hello, sorry for the automatic translation. On my netbook Asus EEE PC 901 set Haiku Release 1 Alpha 4.1 I had a problem with the connection Wi-Fi (Ralink RT2860).

Wireless connection says: "no wireles network found"

In the console, no networks:

 ifconfig / dev/net/ralink2860/0 scan

~> 

It has been observed that the MAC address of Haiku Release 1 Alpha 4.1(4.0) incorrectly identifies:

 Welcome to the Haiku shell.

~> Ifconfig / Dev/net/ralink2860/0
Hardware type: Ethernet, Address: 00:0 c: 43:30:52:88
inet addr:, Bcast:, Mask:
inet6 addr: fe80 :: 20c: 43ff: fe30: 5288, Bcast: ffff: ffff: ffff: ffff ::, Prefix Length: 64
MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast configuring
Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
Transmit: 2 packets, 4 errors, 614 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
Collisions: 0 

I suggested to replace the driver ralink2860 version of Haiku Release 1 Alpha 3.

After replacement, AP became seen, but without names:

 Welcome to the Haiku shell.

 ~> Ifconfig / dev/net/ralink2860/0 scan
name address signal auth
18: b0: ee: ac: d1: 0c 9 -
18: b0: ee: ac: d2: 0c 8 -
ae: c5: a7: c2: 42:0 c 7 -
18: b0: ee: ac: d0: 0c 7 -
19: e1: 00:38: e0: 0c 7 -
19: e1: 00:38: e1: 0c 8 -
19: e1: 00:38: e2: 0c 7 -
c0: 49: da: f0: a5: 0d 38 -
1f: c6: 44:2 f: 42:0 c 8 -
e6: ba: 9e: 11: e0: 0c 5 -
19: cb: 8d: 72: dd: 0c 16 -
7d: 68:3 e: 10: dc: 0c 7 -
c0: 91:12: ad: bb: 0c 9 -
26:18: ec: ab: c4: 0c 7 -
18: b0: ee: cf: 40:0 c 8 -
18: b0: ee: cf: 41:0 c 6 -
18: b0: ee: cf: 42:0 c 7 -
60:00: e6: 08:98:0 c 9 -
19: e3: e3: 63:9 d: 0c 7 - 

When you try to connect to any AP without a name, a window pops up:

"Could not join wireless network: Invalid Argument"

Driver version of Haiku Release 1 Alpha 3 MAC address identifies the correct:

~> Ifconfig
/ Dev/net/ralink2860/0
Hardware type: Ethernet, Address: 00:22:43:00:1 a: 2f
inet addr:, Bcast:, Mask:
inet6 addr: fe80 :: 222:43 ff: fe00: 1a2f, Bcast: ffff: ffff: ffff: ffff ::, Prefix Length: 64
MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast configuring
Receive: 104 packets, 0 errors, 14388 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
Transmit: 4 packets, 0 errors, 1240 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
Collisions: 0 

I made a post on this forum: ​http://www.haiku-os.org/community/forum/asus_eee_pc_901_wifi_ralink2860_haiku_release_1_alpha_41_invalid_mac_address

and I am helped.

[korli]

Could you please check with hrev45145 or newer?

[libran]

Replying to korli:

Could you please check with hrev45145 or newer?

Please explain in detail how to test it?

[korli]

Replying to libran:

Replying to korli:

Could you please check with hrev45145 or newer?

Please explain in detail how to test it?

Depends on how it's currently installed (partition, usb key...)

• Download the nightly image
• Mount the image
• Replace the driver ralinkwifi located in /boot/system/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bin/ with the one from /yourImage/system/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bin/ralinkwifi
• Reboot

[libran]

I tried a version of the haiku-nightly-hrev45148-x86gcc2hybrid-anyboot

The result is:

Netbook Wi-Fi card can not connect to my access point, if set encryption (WEP or WPA-PSK)

Connected only in Open System.

Haiku A4.1 + driver ralink2860 by Diver, Wi-Fi card is connected OK to the WPA-PSK mode.

[diver]

korli, maybe wpa_supplicant add-on should also be recompiled?

[korli]

Replying to diver:

korli, maybe wpa_supplicant add-on should also be recompiled?

Possibly, though the compat layer headers haven't changed much. BTW there are newer versions of wpa_supplicant (1.0 et 2.0).

[philcostin]

I can confirm that I have the same issue

RT2860 WiFi - Works (sort of) with open networks - but when I try to connect to my home network which is WPA2 / TKIP, the connection process ("Configuring...") takes several minutes - and when the interface finally reports that it is ready, it just has a "link-local" 169.x.x.x address and I can't use it.

This is on an Asus EEEPC 901

Everything works well except USB3 and WiFi (when using Encryption)

There was a time when this worked OK - several years ago now. I guess the only way to know is to git-bisect but someone more qualified might be able to ascertain the problem faster than me since it would probably take me several weeks to get around to finishing that process!

[waddlesplash]

ralink2860 driver has been removed; its functionality is now provided by ralinkwifi.