[SOLVED] Panda Wireless N USB Adapter

[doktor5000]

First - I'm new to blogs and/or support forums so please be patient.

I've just tried to install a Panda Wireless N USB Network Adapter in a fresh install of Mageia 2. The install seemed to go fine but I can't get a list of SSIDs to connect to and I have errors in var/log/messages pertaining to the adapter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

01. The Network Center shows Wireless (Wi-Fi) Raling 802.11 n WLAN but Refresh shows no SSIDs available to connect to.
02. The Hardware Control Center shows

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 - Ethernetcard - 802.11 n WLAN
      Ralink
      802.11 n WLAN
      USB
      Bus PCI #: 5
      PCI device #: 7
      Vendor ID: 0x148f
      Device ID: 0x3070
      Module: rt2800usb

03. /var/log/messages shows the following:

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localhost kernel : [5117.129877] phy3 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.

04. lscpi has no entry for wiress|wlan|wifi
05. iwconfig shows no wireless extensions

I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[maat]

Hello,

And welcome on our forums

Question: did you install the ralink-firmware package ?

[netwaves]

No, I didn't know I needed to. I will look for it and try now. TY

[netwaves]

maat,

Thank you! That did the trick.. Now, where did I go wrong in my research? I searched the net via google for hours this morning and did not find a link with this information. Thanks again.

[maat]

you're welcome

=> Now please edit your first post and add [SOLVED] at the beginning of the title... that will help other members to know this is solved (helpful for those in search of a solution and helpful for helpers team to concentrate on unsolved problems)

Thank you