Ralink USB RT5370 Wireless Adapter on F21

[Gary Stainburn]

Hi all,

I've plugged the above USB WIFI dongle into an aging F21 server to make it 
into an AirPrint server but can't get it working.

I chose this dongle, purchased from The Pi Hut [1]  because I have used a 
number of them in Raspberry Pi's as well as my Centos 7 laptop (The built in 
one doesn't work)

My problem is that I cannot get it to work on my server.  The install on 
Jessie on the Pi's is a doddle, and on Centos it just worked. However I can't 
seem to get it working on the F21 box.  I have done the usual checks, and 
Google but I can't find out what to do.  LSUSB [2] sees the device, but I 
don't get anything in ifconfig.  lsmod seems to have the correct modules 
listed [3].

Any help would be appreciated.

Gary

[1] The Pi Hut USB Dongle
https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-wifi/products/usb-wifi-adapter...

[2] lsusb

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless 
Adapter

[3] lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
rt2800usb              28672  0 
rt2x00usb              20480  1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib              94208  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              69632  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
mac80211              724992  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
cfg80211              557056  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
crc_ccitt              16384  1 rt2800lib
rfkill                 24576  1 cfg80211

[Gary Stainburn]

although ifconfig doesn't show anything, if I run iwconfig I get the 
following:

[root@eddie-new ~]# iwconfig 
enp4s0    no wireless extensions.

wlp0s29f7u4  IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

enp6s0    no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

[root@eddie-new ~]#

I have tried using system-config-network to add the device but it wasn't 
listed.  I manually added it, but it didn't give me chance to configure the 
WIFI, and the device still doesn't appear in ifconfig

I'm not using NetworkManager

Gary

On Monday 14 November 2016 14:25:59 Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've plugged the above USB WIFI dongle into an aging F21 server to make it
> into an AirPrint server but can't get it working.
>
> I chose this dongle, purchased from The Pi Hut [1]  because I have used a
> number of them in Raspberry Pi's as well as my Centos 7 laptop (The built
> in one doesn't work)
>
> My problem is that I cannot get it to work on my server.  The install on
> Jessie on the Pi's is a doddle, and on Centos it just worked. However I
> can't seem to get it working on the F21 box.  I have done the usual checks,
> and Google but I can't find out what to do.  LSUSB [2] sees the device, but
> I don't get anything in ifconfig.  lsmod seems to have the correct modules
> listed [3].
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Gary
>
> [1] The Pi Hut USB Dongle
> https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-wifi/products/usb-wifi-adapte
> r-for-the-raspberry-pi
>
> [2] lsusb
>
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless
> Adapter
>
> [3] lsmod
>
> Module                  Size  Used by
> rt2800usb              28672  0
> rt2x00usb              20480  1 rt2800usb
> rt2800lib              94208  1 rt2800usb
> rt2x00lib              69632  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
> mac80211              724992  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
> cfg80211              557056  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
> crc_ccitt              16384  1 rt2800lib
> rfkill                 24576  1 cfg80211
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[Rick Stevens]

On 11/14/2016 07:19 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> although ifconfig doesn't show anything

"ifconfig" will only show interfaces that are up. "ifconfig -a" will
show you all of them, up or down.
> if I run iwconfig I get the 
> following:
>
> [root@eddie-new ~]# iwconfig 
> enp4s0    no wireless extensions.
>
> wlp0s29f7u4  IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>
> enp6s0    no wireless extensions.
>
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> [root@eddie-new ~]#
>
> I have tried using system-config-network to add the device but it wasn't 
> listed.  I manually added it, but it didn't give me chance to configure the 
> WIFI, and the device still doesn't appear in ifconfig
>
> I'm not using NetworkManager

Try (as root):

ifconfig wlp0s29f7u4 essid <YOUR-ESSID> key s:<YOUR-WIRELESS-PASSWORD>

and see if that gets it to go online.
> On Monday 14 November 2016 14:25:59 Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've plugged the above USB WIFI dongle into an aging F21 server to make it
> > into an AirPrint server but can't get it working.
> >
> > I chose this dongle, purchased from The Pi Hut [1]  because I have used a
> > number of them in Raspberry Pi's as well as my Centos 7 laptop (The built
> > in one doesn't work)
> >
> > My problem is that I cannot get it to work on my server.  The install on
> > Jessie on the Pi's is a doddle, and on Centos it just worked. However I
> > can't seem to get it working on the F21 box.  I have done the usual checks,
> > and Google but I can't find out what to do.  LSUSB [2] sees the device, but
> > I don't get anything in ifconfig.  lsmod seems to have the correct modules
> > listed [3].
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > [1] The Pi Hut USB Dongle
> > https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-wifi/products/usb-wifi-adapte
> > r-for-the-raspberry-pi
> >
> > [2] lsusb
> >
> > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless
> > Adapter
> >
> > [3] lsmod
> >
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > rt2800usb              28672  0
> > rt2x00usb              20480  1 rt2800usb
> > rt2800lib              94208  1 rt2800usb
> > rt2x00lib              69632  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
> > mac80211              724992  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
> > cfg80211              557056  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
> > crc_ccitt              16384  1 rt2800lib
> > rfkill                 24576  1 cfg80211
> > _______________________________________________
> > users mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]

[JD]

On 11/14/2016 11:11 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 11/14/2016 07:19 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > > although ifconfig doesn't show anything
>
> "ifconfig" will only show interfaces that are up. "ifconfig -a" will
> show you all of them, up or down.

On my system, ifconfig without any args:

$ ifconfig
em1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
         ether 5c:26:0a:41:aa:70  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
         RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
         TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
         device interrupt 20  memory 0xf6900000-f6920000

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
         inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
         inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
         loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
         RX packets 306  bytes 22656 (22.1 KiB)
         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
         TX packets 306  bytes 22656 (22.1 KiB)
         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

virbr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
         inet 192.168.122.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.122.255
         ether 52:54:00:47:9a:79  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
         RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
         TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp2s0b1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
         inet 177.33.82.201  netmask 255.255.254.0  broadcast 177.33.82.0
         inet6 fe80::8a9f:faff:fe69:7e  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
         ether 88:9f:fa:69:00:7e  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
         RX packets 4616660  bytes 6247573613 (5.8 GiB)
         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
         TX packets 2339113  bytes 1108975616 (1.0 GiB)
         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[Rick Stevens]

On 11/14/2016 10:18 AM, jd1008 wrote:
> On 11/14/2016 11:11 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On 11/14/2016 07:19 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > > > although ifconfig doesn't show anything
> >
> > "ifconfig" will only show interfaces that are up. "ifconfig -a" will
> > show you all of them, up or down.
>
> On my system, ifconfig without any args:
>
> $ ifconfig
> em1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         ether 5c:26:0a:41:aa:70  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>         RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>         device interrupt 20  memory 0xf6900000-f6920000
>
> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
>         inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
>         inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
>         loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
>         RX packets 306  bytes 22656 (22.1 KiB)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX packets 306  bytes 22656 (22.1 KiB)
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>
> virbr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.122.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast
> 192.168.122.255
>         ether 52:54:00:47:9a:79  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
>         RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>
> wlp2s0b1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         inet 177.33.82.201  netmask 255.255.254.0  broadcast 177.33.82.0
>         inet6 fe80::8a9f:faff:fe69:7e  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
>         ether 88:9f:fa:69:00:7e  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>         RX packets 4616660  bytes 6247573613 (5.8 GiB)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX packets 2339113  bytes 1108975616 (1.0 GiB)
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Note that all of those are up (look in the "flags" area). Again,
"ifconfig" shows interfaces that are up. "ifconfig -a" shows all
known interfaces, up or down. Example, from my laptop (note the
tagged line in the second command):

[root@golem4 ~]# ifconfig | grep flags
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
p4p1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
virbr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

[root@golem4 ~]# ifconfig -a | grep flags
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
p4p1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
virbr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
virbr0-nic: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500 <<<<<<----------
wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
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