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<FONT FACE="Lucida Grande"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I’m having a problem getting my Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi card recognized on the FR. I purchased a mini-USB to USB adapter as found here: <a href="http://www.electronicproductonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1781">http://www.electronicproductonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1781</a><BR>
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Also, I’ve picked up a battery powered USB hub like this one: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cyberpower-CP-H420MP-USB-Hub-Battery-Powered/dp/B0002UQALQ">http://www.amazon.com/Cyberpower-CP-H420MP-USB-Hub-Battery-Powered/dp/B0002UQALQ</a><BR>
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My Debian Sid installation boots from microSD with a kernel built with the rt2x00 and rt73usb drivers (the same ones that are included with the git.openmoko.org kernel); I have copied the rt73 firmware to /lib/firmware/ as well.<BR>
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When I boot the Neo, I execute the command: echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/neo-1973-pm-host.0/hostmode<BR>
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Once I run the above command viola – my powered USB comes to life (although there is also a light that comes on to inform me that the Freerunner is charging it... Which seems to somewhat defeat the purpose of a powered USB hub a little :>/<BR>
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I can plug in my SD card reader and it gets powered –my WUSB54GC doesn’t seem to get enough power, nor is recognized by the FR after I modprobe rt73usb and try ifconfig rausb0 up (I’ve tried rasub1, wlan0, wlan1, wmaster0 also).<BR>
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Does anyone have any idea of what the problem can be? I would greatly appreciate you help to find out if USB host mode will support wireless cards!<BR>
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