Mediabridge MWN-USB150N Linux - Manual

MWN-USB150N Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter
Linux Installation Instructions
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***PLEASE NOTE***
Medialink Products does not currently provide technical support for the use of this
adapter with any operating system that is not Windows based. This draft of installation
instructions are the only form of assistance we can provide for this application. We
apologize for this inconvenience and are working towards providing a more robust
support system. In the meantime if your experience warrants an amendment to these
instructions, we will welcome any and all suggestions.
Thank you for your understanding.
Linux Installation Instructions
1. $tar –xvf RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.1.0
go to "./2009_0525_RT3070_Linux_STA_v2.1.1.0" directory.
2. In Makefile
set the "MODE = STA" in Makefile and chose the TARGET to Linux by set
"TARGET = LINUX"
define the linux kernel source to include file path LINUX_SRC
modify to meet your needs.
3. In os/linux/config.mk
define the GCC and LD of the target machine
define the compiler flags CFLAGS
modify to meet your needs.
** Build to be controlled by NetworkManager or wpa_supplicant wext functions
Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and
'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y'.
=> #>cd wpa_supplicant-x.x
=> #>./wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d
** Build to be controlled by WpaSupplicant with Ralink Driver
Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and
'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n'.
=> #>cd wpa_supplicant-0.5.7
=> #>./wpa_supplicant -Dralink -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d
4. $make
# compile driver source code
# To fix "error: too few arguments to function ¡¥iwe_stream_add_event"
=> $patch -i os/linux/sta_ioctl.c.patch os/linux/sta_ioctl.c
5. $cp RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
Note: If you don’t find this folder, you will need to set up a new folder,
“/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA “.
6. load driver, go to "os/linux/" directory.