Heads up re: Users of RalinkTech Chipsets

[JD]

  Hi All,
Kernel 2.6.35 now supports
RT2860
RT2870
RT2872
RT2883
RT3070
RT3071
RT3090
RT3390
RT3572

The device will be wlan0 instead of ra0

I just downloaded
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.35.3.tar.bz2
and built it and booted it.
It found my Ralink 2860 based mini-pci and
all is super-well.

You will need to modify your /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
and replace ra0  with wlan0

Once you do that, you will need to System->Administration->Network
and activate wlan0, and save it.

That should create the ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
and should also create hard links to it in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices
and in  /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default
(unless of course these links are no longer needed).
If you had set up your wifi with a fixed ip address, you will need to 
set that up too.
Once done, then

sudo ifup wlan0

and you are up and running.

I have so far discovered that these  rtx00 drivers are driving
the card much much better than ralinktech's own driver.
For example, the signal to noise ratio is increased by a factor of 10!!!
No kidding!!! Factor of 10!
i.e. signal strength went from around 5 or 6 to 60!!!

Enjoy.