#pragma section-numbers on #format wiki Inserisci una descrizione per WifiDocs/Device/EdimaxEW7128UG. = Introduction = The Edimax EW7318Ug uses a ralink rt73 chipset. The driver is available from manufacturer site or via http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. Trying to use serialmonkey driver included in ubuntu 7.04 kernel in some cases may freeze the system. So i suggest to use the latest driver from ralink site. The problem is that in ubuntu if there is the driver in /lib/modules, when you attach the usb device, the system tryes to use the serialmonkey driver present in the directories /lib/modules/{your kernel version}/kernel/ubuntu/wireless/rt2*. To disable this driver i deleted this directory and updated the driver list, with depmod -a. = Installation = == Disable kernel module == === Module compiled as module === delete the .ko modules and run depmod -a === Module compiled into the kernel === use install rt2x00 /bin/true directive in one of the modprobe config files === Module not compiled === do nothing. == Download the latest driver == TODO == Enter Module directory and compile == TODO == Copyng module in lib/modules and depmoding it == TODO == Configuration files == TODO == Configure rt73sta.dat == TODO == Configure interface rausb0 in /etc/network/interfaces == Configure the interface rausb0 (or rausb#) as a normal ethernet device (the wireless parameter are in /etc/wireless/.../rt73sta.dat), for example add the following line to /etc/network/interfaces if you want to use dhcp: {{{ auto rausb0 iface rausb0 inet dhcp }}} == Restart the driver and the network == {{{ /etc/init.d/networking stop rmmod rt73 modprobe rt73 /etc/init.d/networking start }}} Remember that if the interface is up the rmmod rt73, say that the module is in use, so you must stop networking or `ip link set rausb0 down`. == Automatic loading at startup == append {{{ rt73 }}} at the end of /etc/modules = Notes = This configuration uses the file rt73sta.dat to configure all the wireless parameters (encryption type, password, ...) at the startup of the driver and create a network interface similar to an ethernet device, so there is no need of wpa_supplicant. If you want to use wpa_supplicant, you must compile the code present in the package in the directory Wpa_Supplicant-X.X.X.