I've installed Linux Mint 16 on a netbook that I'm trying to pump more life into. I'm currently stuck with configuring the wireless as the computer uses a USB wireless adapter (rt5370 from Ralink) due to its own wireless interface being hard blocked (the fn key is broken).The connection is protected by WPA.I installed the Linux driver, and I'm able to scan for networks nearby. However, when I try to:$ wpa_supplicant -B -i ra0 -DWext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.confI get:ra0: Unsupported driver 'wext'I've tried different drivers, and none of them work. I've also tried finding out what driver the wireless adapter uses (in theory it should be rt5370sta which is what I installed) to no avail. Tried lsusb, lspci -k, and lsmod; but none of them list the driver I need to be using.Does anyone know whether I'm asking the right question or if the problem lies somewhere else? I was confident this was it as iwlist ra0 does work, and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is configured as per the instructions over here: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/374514-control-wireless-on-the-linux-desktop-with-these-toolsI tried wifi-radar, which gets stuck on the same issue (ends up completely unresponsive and I have to reboot computer in order to start it up again; killing the process doesn't work).The computer has no internet access, but I can use Keryx to update or install packages.Any help with figuring this out in order to get the internet working is very much appreciated!
What driver is being used by a wireless usb adapter?
ubuntu;linux mint;drivers;wifi
Don't use Ralinks drivers as they are unneccesary.The RT5370 uses the uses the rt2800usb drivers on the kernel side, and the nl80211 drivers on the wireless side of things.If you start afresh or if you remove Ralink's drivers, when you plug in the RT5370 you should get a wlan0 interface already.If you use wpa_supplicant, specify the driver nl80211 when you're starting it, and it should work sweet.To specify the driver with wpa_supplicant, use the -Dnl80211 command line switch.