Frequently Asked Questions for the rt2400 Project
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Q. What is rt2400 ?
A. rt2400 is a chipset developed by Ralink Inc for the 802.11b Wireless
market. It is the basis for which many manufacturer's cards are based off.

Q. Why do we have this project ?
A. Ralink initially released the drivers under a closed source license.
After a period of time in the market Minitar worked with Ralink to bring
the drivers into the open-source community. While Ralink are happy to help
fix any bugs with this driver they are not actively supporting it as they
are now focusing on their 802.11g offerings. Hence we have created this
project to resolve issues with the driver and increase it's overall feature
set.

Q. Who are the main developers ?
A. Currently there are 2 developers actively working on the project. Flavio
is working on the current branch and Ivo is working on a rebuild-branch
that is focused on bringing the driver into the Linux kernel structure.
Mark (serialmonkey) is the current Project Admin (and occasional source
hacker/mutilator).

Q. Is this driver stable ?
A. Currently, there are a few known issues with the driver. Please visit
the SourceForge project at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/rt2400 for
the current bug list.

Q. How do I get help ?
A. Please visit the SourceForge project and check out the forums and
mailing lists. We monitor both and will be able to offer assistance on any
problems you have. 

Q. Why can't I set the ESSID using iwconfig ?
A. Because there is currently a bug stopping you doing so if the driver has
been loaded for more than a couple of seconds. To work around please write
a script that brings the device and module up and sets the iwconfig
parameters. Many examples exist on the rt2400 forums and Minitar forums
(http://www.minitar.com/forums)

Q. What is the Utility ?
A. It is a X11 based application using the QT framework that replicates the
standard interface you would expect when using the driver under a Windows
operating system. It allows you to scan for active WLAN's and
configure/connect to them.

Q. How come I can't use <insert feature here>
A. Probably because we haven't developed the driver to allow it yet. Please
check out the Feature Request listing on the SourceForge project and add it
if it's missing.

Q. Why do I get lots of errors when trying to compile ?
A. Probably because you haven't got your kernel sources configured
correctly. Ensure that you have the sources in the expected locations
(/usr/src/linux-2.x.x) and that you have a symlink from
/lib/modules/2.x.x/build to that source folder)

Q. Why does make tell me that I'm missing the kernel wireless support ?
A. Because you are either - missing it (i.e. you haven't compiled wireless
into your kernel) or you haven't actually compiled your kernel sources yet.


