[HOW TO] Install an unsupported wireless adapter

[snailman153624]

I have an AWLL6070 (Airlink 101) wireless USB adapter...it's not on the supported list, and when I plug it in, it powers up, but ADM doesn't detect it. It uses the RT2770 chipset, for which there is a driver module present in the ASUSTOR.

I found the following commands get it to show up:

modprobe -v rt2800usb
iwconfig wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -B Dwext -iwlan0 -c/usr/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

After that, I am able to configure it in the ADM GUI, and set a key, etc.

I went ahead and put this in a bash script in /usr/local/etc/init.d/ so that it starts automatically when the box is powered on.

WIth that done, I am able to connect to the NAS via the IP of the wireless USB adapter, so I know it's working. All of my clients on my network at home are wireless already, so going hardwired would only give me very limited benefit. I want the NAS plugged into my TV via HDMI, and wireless is my only viable option to do that. It gets a steady 65 Mb/s connection.


Some reference info:
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part ... Airlink101
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri ... sb/devices
http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1796412

[ho66es]

nicely done!