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Wireless Network Driver for Ralink RT2500 802.11b/g Chipset (ral)

The current version is 0.2

This driver is based on the source code from FreeBSD, and is provided under the same BSD-type License.

Links

• SUNWral package (v0.2) – fix bugs, improve performance.
• SUNWral package (v0.1)
• Source Code

Note that the ral driver has been integrated into OpenSolaris build 69.

Requirements

Before downloading the source or installing the binaries, please make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• Ralink RT2500 chipsets based wireless 802.11g devices.

See http://ralink.rapla.net/ for cards that should work with this driver.
Verified cards: ASUS WL-107G, Gigabyte GN-WIKG, Corega CG-WLCB54GL, and MSI MP54G2.

• Solaris 10 or Solaris Nevada build
• Wificonfig v0.2 or higher version

How to use

The easiest way to install the driver is from pre-compiled binary package:

# wget http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/downloads/ral-0.1-pkg.tar.gz
# gzip -dc ral-0.1-pkg.tar.gz | tar xvf -
# cd ral-0.1; pkgadd -d . SUNWral

You should be able to plumb the interface right after installing this package without having to reboot first:

# ifconfig ral0 plumb

If plumbing failed, your card may be not supported or just not getting properly identified by the Solaris kernel. Send us a note and we'll try to help.

If you don't use WEP and want to connect to whatever WLAN available, then all that's left to do is starting dhcp:

# ifconfig ral0 dhcp

If your WLAN requires WEP authorization, then you need to download and install the wificonfig utility (v0.2). After that, you'll need to create new profile for your WLAN with the following commands:

# wificonfig -i ral0 createprofile office essid=ssid encryption=wep wepkey1=wepkey
# wificonfig -i ral0 connect office
# ifconfig ral0 dhcp

Go to wificonfig web page for more details.

Notes

This is work in progress. Please send your questions and comments laptop-discuss@opensolaris.org discussion forum.