[REQ] WLAN - Ralink drivers

May i give it a shot?
I have a RT2870 package ready. (12/27/2010, 3.01.08.0000).  That was, until i discovered a little bug in v4.00 of WinRAR!  Such a surprise to see extra binary characters included at the beginning of the inf file!  SacreBleu!  Pardon my french.:rolleyes: A little bird has told me this is due to a little-endian UTF-16 problem affecting only the file viewer.

I think i'll be using MD5 signatures for now, until winrar4 is more mature, just to be certain.  Maybe it's time for me to switch to 7zip (i've been waiting for 7z to emerge from beta, though.  Ahh, v9.20 IS out of beta!:cool:).

Hmm, there is no HWid in the RT2500USB file for the Wintendo NiFi Dongle.  (%Ralink.DeviceDesc%=RALINK.ndi,USB\VID_0411&PID_008B)
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en … oadUSB.jsp

Would i be correct in assuming that none of this hardware requires cisco's LEAP, PEAP, CR-EAP to function?  My original intention (just to include ralink drivers for xp) with the Nintedo WiFi was to simply use it as an ordinary WiFi adapter.

OK, this would be the same as Bufallo's WLI-U2-KG54-AI   http://www.buffalotech.com/support/downloads/  (driver from 2004?)
as referenced from http://www.digifail.com/text/wfchack.shtml & https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ … _Connector

Does windoes 7 support Software AP modes?  Can it 'walk & chew bubble-gum @ the same time' with ICS?  Does any of this really matter with this updated driver & newer (or hacked) Wii firmware?   Funny thing, since i have an atheros WiFi card installed in my notebook, v9.2.0.104 driver come with WS, a WirlessIntermediateDriver v1.0.0.92.  It installed on the Nintendo WiFi USB, too.  Does this translate to better support for ICS?

These drivers have NOT been confirmed to work.  Can anyone confirm the WHQL status of any of these packs (or the lack) for xp?
RT2460         http://www.mediafire.com/file/7h3y10a6c … .1.0.4.rar
          - unsigned 'beta' driver (2 years + in beta, now THAT's intensive testing)
RT2500         http://www.mediafire.com/file/xtc76l7ct … 3.2.0.0.7z
RT2500USB   refer to http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 639#p43639
          - driver signing for RT2500 series is probably broken - should the driver use ZeroConfig instead of Raconfig?
RT2860 & RT2870        refer to http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 830#p43830
RT6x             refer to http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 633#p43633
RT7x             refer to http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 834#p43834

These drivers has been confirmed (by me only - 3 separate machines) to work with XP, yet is still untested with the Wii/DS
  (Nice - 13.88Mbps down, 0.47Mbps up, 10ms ping - http://www.speedtest.net - only 0.8Mbps slower than my Atheros WiFi with v9.2.0.104)
  (0% packet loss, 22ms ping, 8ms jitter - rated A http://pingtest.net )
NiWiFiUSB     http://www.mediafire.com/file/un3pad6jb … WiFiUSB.7z
           - not signed, modified .inf, after installation on notebook, i changed prop's in the advanced tab, 'CAM when on AC' - enabled, 'Power Save' - Fast_PSP, yet i've since reverted, due to startup issues (conflict?) with Realtek AC97 sound.

If you like these, would you like me to do the same for any (if at all) missing drivers for Vista-7.x86 & x64?

Here's a sample RT2500USB driver (modified inf) for Win7.x86 & x64 for Win7:   link removed ... updated below 
Tested with Nintendo WiFi USB adapter on Windows 7 x86 & x64 (works for me, hopefully you too!).  It should work with any RT2500USB device.

Last edited by TechDud (2012-01-30 14:40:07)

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RT61 driver v3.0.9.1 is available for win7, is available from Windows Update Catalog.
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/ … x?q=ralink 

Here's the uncorked drivers for RT6x series devices(win-all) including the utility installer (you might remove this for DP):
  http://www.mediafire.com/file/6nr5us13z … inksys.rar 
This is as of yet, untested.  Also note that the Ovislink & Linksys drivers need to be manually updated from either of the two files listed as follows.

I have added two info files in the W7 folder (netr6x.inf & netr6x64.inf) to address missing HWID's & problems listed below.  I have not touched the original .inf's to preserve WHQL sig's for unaffected HW.  Unlike the vista driver, the windows 7 driver has support for Virtual WiFi. 

The [OS61_RTWLAN_C4.ndi.NT.Services], & [OS61_Linksys.ndi.NT.Services] sections have glaring errors.  They have substituted "Needs=VWiFiBus.Services" with "Needs=VWiFiBus.PnPFilterRegistration".  I tried sending MS an email, yet my email client wouldn't allow it. 

These errors affect:   Ovislink_2561.DeviceDesc    = "Airlive WT-2000PCI" & Linksys_0301_0055.DeviceDesc= "Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter"

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Yes, indeed, i concur.  Try a trial of installshield (from macrovision - the guys that brought you DVD player copy-protection, that wouldn't play on projection TVs, or through a VCR, nor play a retail VHS tape on a PC )?
Line up your 'ducks' all in a row (so to speak), then knock 'em all down (win a prize).

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Newer drivers available (v3.2.1.0) for:
RT2860 here --> Edit:link broken
   uncorked here - utility included:  Edit:*** updated below ***
RT2870 here --> Edit:link broken 
   uncorked here - utility included:  Edit:*** updated below *** 

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I've added further HWID support for the RT2500 (PCI) & RT2500 USB chipset families.  This includes ALLWIN, Belkin, Linksys, Hercules, Nintendo-Buffalo, etc.  The original files are all intact; i've simply added .Inf files for missing HWID's to preserve WHQL status for the majority.  Asperusual, the ute is included forwtf.
RT2500 here --> http://www.mediafire.com/file/xtc76l7ct … 3.2.0.0.7z 
RT2500 USB here --> http://www.mediafire.com/file/un3pad6jb … WiFiUSB.7z 

This guy's more talented than me, though.  Somehow LinkSys certificates are included to override WHQL!  Could this drive sysadmins to substance abuse, should anybody be able to issue one (or even generic items - localhost, mailto...EEK)?
http://sites.google.com/site/linksysupd … r/download
any feedback appreciated.

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newer RT2870 drivers (v3.2.3.0 Win-All) available from RaLink here --> Edit:link broken

PS:  have you updated any drivers for the older hardware (such as RT2400, RT2500 - USB or notUSB) from this topic, mr_smartepants?

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RT2860 drivers v3.2.2.0 available here (win-all, WHQL) --> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/soft … ob-97747-1

uncorked here (win-all, WHQL, no utility - see above)-->   Edit:*** updated below ***

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RT2870 drivers v3.2.4.0 available here (win-all, WHQL) --> Edit:link broken
     unobfuscated here (includes utility):    Edit:*** updated below ***

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RT2860 drivers have been updated to v3.2.7.0 WHQL (DriverVer=11/17/2011,3.02.07.0000; incl. utility) {added HWIDs}
    here --> http://www.ralink.com.tw/en/04_support/dl.php Doh, no direct linking there anymore.
   rather here --> http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support … php?sn=500
  unbjorked here -->  Edit:*** updated below ***

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