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I'm new to Ubuntu. How can i install wifi driver Ralink RT3290 802.11bgn? And please if you can help me step by step :D Thank you very much!

aleksandar
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Since Ralink does not patch the driver and the current version does not work, I provided a patched file that you can download and install following this steps

  1. download the patched file from my private Google Drive directory.

  2. open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t) and cd into the folder where the file is downloaded, e.g. cd ~/Downloads.

  3. type

    sudo tar -xvf rt3290sta-2.6.0.0.dkms.tar -C /usr/src

    to untar the content in a system directory

  4. you should now get a password prompt where you type the sudo password and press Enter.

  5. once the files are all extracted type 

    sudo dkms install -m rt3290sta -v 2.6.0.0 --force

    to install the driver with dkms

  6. enter sudo password again and ensure that install is completed successfully (it will take some time).

  7. reboot.

  8. Enjoy Wi-Fi with your RT3290 :D

The patch will work up to kernel version v4.14, it breaks on v4.15 onwards due to the change in the kernel timer implementations.

Ankita Thomas
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Jim Colaco
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NOTE: The links referred to here may no longer operate. They are left in here for historical purposes only.

  • Download the source code of the driver:

    wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11876059/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508.tar.gz

  • then extract the file from tar file

    tar -xvf DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508.tar.gz

  • after that enter to this dir 

    cd ~/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508
make    
# compile the make file
sudo make install
# install the make file

  • After that activate the wireless driver

    sudo modprobe rt3290sta
Thomas Ward
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Sudip Das
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whoever runs that wifi chip after a decade,

  • in Ubuntu 24.04 / noble and up you'll find the rt3290.bin firmware blob in the linux-firmware package
  • in Debian bookworm-backports/trixie (12/13) rt3290.bin went into firmware-mediatek and needs the "non-free-firmware" component in your apt source (the line where at least "main" is found). In bookworm and lower it's in firmware-misc-nonfree

no need to compile, the kernel will pick it up during boot

wbob
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