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I compiled and installed USB-N13 wifi drivers using dkms. Everything was fine with the WiFi and I also had 1 successful kernel upgrade(3.2.0-24). Since kernel version 3.2.0-25 (and recently 3.2.0-26) my wifi card can't connect to my AP.

iwconfig output is below:

ra0   Ralink STA  ESSID:"11n-AP"  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
      Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
      Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
      RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
      Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:0 dBm
      Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
      Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

my /etc/network/interfaces file is below:

#WiFi network Card
auto ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid <myNetrowk>
wpa-psk <myPassword>

Update 1: I totally forgot to mention that after I reboot system 4-5 times Wifi starts to work again. Would like to know where should I start to look for the issues since this behavior is not acceptable.

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  • This will help askubuntu.com/a/53428/63025
    – atenz
    Jul 3, 2012 at 17:29
  • @tijybba: Thank you for the information. The module gets created and it looks like it is the same as if I do a fresh wifi install for the current version of kernel
    – Timka
    Jul 3, 2012 at 17:40
  • Also consider the following detailed answer by izx if such problem further persists in future kernel upgrade.
    – atenz
    Jul 3, 2012 at 17:41

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You'll have to rebuild the driver module for your card. Here's how:

  • Your adapter has a Ralink RT2870 chipset. You can download the official Linux drivers from this site. Save them to your Downloads folder (default):

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  • Open a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T, and paste the following, line by line:

    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
cd Downloads
tar -xaf 2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1.tar.bz2
cd 2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1
WPA1=HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT
WPA2=HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT
sed -i -e "s/$WPA1=n/$WPA1=y/g" -e "s/$WPA2=n/$WPA2=y/g" os/linux/config.mk
sudo make && sudo make install && sudo make clean
cd ..

  • Reboot, and hopefully your wireless connection will work!

  • Then open up the Downloads folder in the File Manager and delete the downloaded Ralink file/folder.

    enter image description here

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  • I'm using server/noGUI. But thanks for this!
    – Timka
    Jul 3, 2012 at 17:42

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