Edimax EW-7318USG USB - No longer supported?

[battletux]

Looking for some clarification on if the Edimax EW-7318USG is still supported by BT5 as I'm not having any luck getting it to work.

On connecting I get the following error:

root@bt:~# [ 363.981973] phy4 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: error - Invalid RT chipset detected.
[ 363.986670] phy4 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device.

Here my are lsmod, lsusb and ipconfig outputs:

root@bt:~# lsmod | grep rt
rt73usb                23047  0 
crc_itu_t               1319  1 rt73usb
rt2500usb              18655  0 
rt2x00usb               9319  2 rt73usb,rt2500usb
rt2x00lib              33002  3 rt73usb,rt2500usb,rt2x00usb
mac80211              248838  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211              152934  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
gameport                7778  1 snd_ens1371
parport_pc             26079  1 
parport                29468  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
agpgart                27382  2 intel_agp,intel_gtt
root@bt:~# lsusb | grep Ra
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501USB Wireless Adapter
root@bt:~# ifconfig
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:29:09:5f:c4  
          inet addr:192.168.204.128  Bcast:192.168.204.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe09:5fc4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:18829 (18.8 KB)  TX bytes:3345 (3.3 KB)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2024 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1633 (1.6 KB)  TX bytes:1633 (1.6 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0e:2e:cd:74:cc  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@bt:~#

I'm getting this error on both Gnome Live and Gnome VM images. When i use the adaptor in Ubuntu or sabayon I is correctly detected and can connect to wireless networks, where as wicd on BT5 will not even see the wireless adaptor. I can also get monitor mode to work on Ubuntu and Sabayon, but they both suffer from the channel -1 bug.


If anyone can help me get this working, or if it can be confirmed this adaptor is no longer supported then that would be great, thanks.

[fuchsiia]

You should block rt2500usb driver, just add a line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:
blacklist rt2500usb

reboot and try.

[SickBubblegum]

You should block rt2500usb driver, just add a line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:
blacklist rt2500usb

reboot and try.

I'm using EDIMAX EW-7711USn , and when I type airodump-ng mon0
nothing apears , the scan reaveals nothing
looks like i need to block the rt2500usb driver too couz i got it
so please can you tell me how do i do it ?
sory im neiwbe and new to this so please
explain a bit more

and sory for my spelling