USB RALINK
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Guys,
Just bought a new firewall and purchased a USB wireless Ralink RT5370. But its not appearing when the firewall boots. I can see it when it boots up and i believe it gets mounted. What am i doing wrong? Do i need to load additional drivers?
Thank you! Any comments would be most greatful..
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Please reboot with the dongle plugged in and then provide the output of the pfSense shell command```
dmesg ; uname -aI suspect the chipset might be too new to be supported.
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If i SSH into the box, and run the shell command. Whats the command to export the data you need? Or do shall i plug a serial cable in it and export the text? Sorry thank you for your help.
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If you SSH from a windowing system into pfsense, login, select option 8 (Shell command), type (or copy and paste) the shell command and copy the output from the shell prompt and command through to the next shell command and then paste it into a reply.
Alternatively, if you have access to the pfSense GUI, go to Diagnostics -> Command Prompt and type (or copy and paste) the shell command into the Command box, click on the Execute button, copy the ouput that will appear in a box above the Command box and paste it into a reply to this thread.
Does that provide the details you are looking for?
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Yea that does. But what is the command you need to type in? Sorry if its a dumb question.
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Right ignore that! i worked it out. Here we go!
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FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #1: Mon Dec 12 18:23:46 EST 2011
root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 i386
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: VIA C7 Processor 1000MHz (997.51-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x6d0 Family = 6 Model = d Stepping = 0
Features=0xa7c9b9ff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,sep,mtrr,pge,cmov,pat,clflush,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,tm,pbe>Features2=0x4181 <sse3,est,tm2,xtpr>VIA Padlock Features=0xffcc <rng,aes,aes-ctr,sha1,sha256,rsa>real memory = 536870912 (512 MB)
avail memory = 484163584 (461 MB)
netisr_init: forcing maxthreads to 1 and bindthreads to 0 for device polling
wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xc0988300, 0) error 1
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xc0789340, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xc07893e0, 0) error 1
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xc0789480, 0) error 1
wlan: mac acl policy registered
kbd1 at kbdmux0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
padlock0: <aes-cbc,sha1,sha256>on motherboard
acpi0: <cn700 awrdacpi="">on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, 1ede0000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci_link2: BIOS IRQ 5 for 0.16.INTC is invalid
pci_link2: BIOS IRQ 5 for 0.17.INTC is invalid
pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
agp0: <via 3314="" (p4m800ce)="" host="" to="" pci="" bridge="">on hostb0
agp0: aperture size is 128M
pcib1: <pci-pci bridge="">at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <pci bus="">on pcib1
vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">mem 0xec000000-0xefffffff,0xf3000000-0xf3ffffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1
pcib2: <pci-pci bridge="">at device 8.0 on pci0
pci2: <pci bus="">on pcib2
pci2: <bridge>at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
hme0: <sun 10="" 100="" hme="" ethernet="">mem 0xfcff8000-0xfcffffff irq 10 at device 0.1 on pci2
miibus0: <mii bus="">on hme0
ukphy0: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
hme0: [ITHREAD]
pci2: <bridge>at device 1.0 (no driver attached)
hme1: <sun 10="" 100="" hme="" ethernet="">mem 0xfcff0000-0xfcff7fff irq 9 at device 1.1 on pci2
miibus1: <mii bus="">on hme1
ukphy1: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
ukphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
hme1: [ITHREAD]
pci2: <bridge>at device 2.0 (no driver attached)
hme2: <sun 10="" 100="" hme="" ethernet="">mem 0xfcfe8000-0xfcfeffff irq 10 at device 2.1 on pci2
miibus2: <mii bus="">on hme2
ukphy2: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus2
ukphy2: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
hme2: [ITHREAD]
pci2: <bridge>at device 3.0 (no driver attached)
hme3: <sun 10="" 100="" hme="" ethernet="">mem 0xfcfe0000-0xfcfe7fff irq 11 at device 3.1 on pci2
miibus3: <mii bus="">on hme3
ukphy3: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus3
ukphy3: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
hme3: [ITHREAD]
atapci0: <via 8237="" udma133="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xff00-0xff0f at device 15.0 on pci0
ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
uhci0: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">port 0xfe00-0xfe1f irq 11 at device 16.0 on pci0
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus0: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">on uhci0
uhci1: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">port 0xfd00-0xfd1f irq 11 at device 16.1 on pci0
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus1: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">on uhci1
uhci2: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">port 0xfc00-0xfc1f irq 10 at device 16.2 on pci0
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usbus2: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">on uhci2
uhci3: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">port 0xfb00-0xfb1f irq 10 at device 16.3 on pci0
uhci3: [ITHREAD]
usbus3: <via 83c572="" usb="" controller="">on uhci3
ehci0: <via vt6202="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfdfff000-0xfdfff0ff irq 9 at device 16.4 on pci0
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
usbus4: <via vt6202="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 17.0 on pci0
isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
pci0: <multimedia, audio="">at device 17.5 (no driver attached)
vr0: <via 10="" vt6102="" rhine="" ii="" 100basetx="">port 0xf600-0xf6ff mem 0xfdffe000-0xfdffe0ff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0
vr0: Quirks: 0x0
vr0: Revision: 0x78
miibus4: <mii bus="">on vr0
ukphy4: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus4
ukphy4: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
vr0: [ITHREAD]
atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x73 irq 8 on acpi0
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
uart0: [FILTER]
uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
uart1: [FILTER]
ppc0: <parallel port="">port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77b irq 7 drq 3 on acpi0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
plip0: <plip network="" interface="">on ppbus0
plip0: [ITHREAD]
lpt0: <printer>on ppbus0
lpt0: [ITHREAD]
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
pmtimer0 on isa0
sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
est0: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu0
est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
est: cpu_vendor CentaurHauls, msr 8100a1308000a13
device_attach: est0 attach returned 6
p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 997505807 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ad0: 999MB <pqi ide="" diskonmodule="" 060729da="">at ata0-master WDMA2
ugen0.1: <via>at usbus0
uhub0: <via 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
ugen1.1: <via>at usbus1
uhub1: <via 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
ugen2.1: <via>at usbus2
uhub2: <via 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
ugen3.1: <via>at usbus3
uhub3: <via 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
ugen4.1: <via>at usbus4
uhub4: <via 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
Root mount waiting for: usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1 usbus0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus4
Root mount waiting for: usbus4
Root mount waiting for: usbus4
uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
ugen4.2: <ralink>at usbus4
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a</ralink></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></pqi></cpu></enhanced></at></keyboard></generic></system></parallel></printer></plip></parallel></parallel></at></generic></mii></via></multimedia,></isa></pci-isa></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></ata></ata></via></generic></mii></sun></bridge></generic></mii></sun></bridge></generic></mii></sun></bridge></generic></mii></sun></bridge></pci></pci-pci></vga-compatible></pci></pci-pci></via></acpi></acpi></power></acpi></cn700></aes-cbc,sha1,sha256></software></rng,aes,aes-ctr,sha1,sha256,rsa></sse3,est,tm2,xtpr></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,sep,mtrr,pge,cmov,pat,clflush,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,tm,pbe>
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uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
ugen4.2: <ralink>at usbus4
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a</ralink>ugen is a "catch all" usb device - the device you have plugged in is not recognised by a specific device driver.
Here's an extract from startup on one of my systems showing a Ralink USB WiFi adapter claimed by the run device driver:
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
ugen3.2: <ralink>at usbus3
run0: <1.0> on usbus3
run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT3020 (MIMO 1T1R), address c8:3a:35:c4:ee:f3
run0: firmware RT2870 loaded
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a</ralink>Your system doesn't have a device driver which is prepared to claim the Ralink USB device.
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ok so that makes perfect sense. Is there a way i can make it use a driver, by installing one? Can you assist? Thank you for the reply btw!!
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Is there a way i can make it use a driver, by installing one?
Yes. Do you have a suitable driver?
Can you assist?
If it involves more than about 5 minutes of my time, not as a volunteer.
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I was wondering if we can take the ralink 5370 driver from ralink's site and compile it to work with pfsense? Is that possible?
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I was wondering if we can take the ralink 5370 driver from ralink's site and compile it to work with pfsense? Is that possible?
If that driver is not a FreeBSD driver then it won't be of much use. If you post a link to it I can take a closer look.
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Here is the link. It is the 3rd one, "RT8070 /RT3070 /RT3370 /RT5370 /RT5372 USB" I cannot post a direct link to it. Thanks for your help!
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Here is the link. It is the 3rd one, "RT8070 /RT3070 /RT3370 /RT5370 /RT5372 USB" I cannot post a direct link to it. Thanks for your help!
That is for a Linux driver. There would be considerable work required to convert a Linux driver to FreeBSD (the operating system of pfSense).
The RT3070 is supported by the FreeBSD run driver in pfSense 2.0.x and 2.1 Snapshot builds. The TP-Link TL-WN321G (which seems to have the RT3070 chipset) can be purchased where I live for less than the local equivalent of US$13. Why spend hours tinkering to save spending such a small amount to buy an interface that others have found to work?
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I was looking for a wireless n capable one with an external antenna that can be changed. I don't need the wireless n right now, but it would be nice to have it for future upgradability. Any thoughts?
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Or would this one do it?
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Or would this one do it?
For the price I would consider it worth trying. It says it has a supported chipset but that doesn't mean it will work: The chipset designers generally have a default Vendor code and product code programmed in the chipset. However adapter designers are often given a mechanism to override those codes. Thus DLink adapter using a RALINK chipset may have a DLink Vendor code and so not be recognised by the driver for the Ralink chipset. Adapter designers can often add their own "added value" tweaks to a device and require their own firmware to make use of those tweaks. Thus the "standard" chipset firmware might (at best) not be able to activate those tweaks (for example, higher power output) or (at worst) not play ball at all with the chipset driver.
At the quoted price, I suspect there isn't much scope for "adding value" to a RALINK reference design so I would guess it would probably work OK but since I have not even seen one, yet alone plugged one into a pfSense box, a guess is the best I can offer.
If you aren't likely to cry over "wasting" the purchase price I would encourage you to buy one, try it and report back here. I expect I would likely purchase a couple if you give a good report.
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I just ordered 2, so hopefully I'll have some good feedback soon. It's from china so it will take a while. My guess on the high power output is due to the antenna. What is nice is it does wireless n, which is coming to freebsd soon. Fingers Crossed
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This rt3070 usb wireless adapter is recognized, but is having issues working. I upgraded to the new snapshot 2.1, and it seems to fail to include the run(0) driver. I am wondering if I would can use the freebsd ralink driver? Apparently it even supports wireless n. The issue is, I am unsure how to download it into the pfsense box and run makefile. Anyhelp would be awesome!! Attached is the GIT for the file, and the forum link that it comes from. this is the final piece of the puzzle for me. Even if it is just wireless g I would be happy!
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I upgraded to the new snapshot 2.1, and it seems to fail to include the run(0) driver.
What is your evidence for that? I have used a number of different pfSense 2.1 snapshots and the run driver has been in every one of them. It is possible the run driver has been accidentally omitted from recent snapshot builds but I suspect "missing run driver" is not your problem.
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Actually it is missing. I went through the entire system.
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Actually it is missing. I went through the entire system.
What do you mean by "I went through the whole system"?
Apparently you are doing something and interpreting the results as "missing run driver". I would like to know what you are doing and the raw (uninterpreted) results.
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Before I send you the results I’m going to try the newest snapshot to see if that will correct the issue. I’m still hoping I can get this working properly. If not I may just give up and get a wireless AP and call it good until wireless N or the newest ralink 3070 drivers are supported. If not I’m wondering if I can compile the newest freebsd 3070 drivers and try those. Thoughts on the later?
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Alright it's finally working again. The driver must not have been in the prior snapshot or something.
Now the problem is setting up the wireless to work properly. I have it serving out dhcp numbers, but the wireless clients cannot connect up to the webconfig. I have all of the firewall rules turned off while I’m trying to get this working properly. It is working perfectly when connected directly to the LAN port. I set it as an access point, assuming that this was the correct setting.
How I have it setup is:
LAN = 10.10.5.200
WiFi = None
Bridge = None (LAN + WiFi)
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I got it working actually. Now the only problem is the usb wireless card is dropping connections every so often.