Ralink RT61 Wireless PCI and Kubuntu

It has always been a pain in the ass to get the wireless card with a Ralink RT61 chipset to work with Linux. Here’s how it worked for me.

1. Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
   and add
   “blacklist rt61pci”
   “blacklist rt2×00pci”
   “blacklist rt2×00lib”
2. Download and install ndiswrapper
3. Download the Windows driver (you need the rt61.inf)
4. “ndiswrapper -i rt61.inf”
5. “ndiswrapper -l” checks the status
6. “modprobe ndiswrapper”
7. Configure your interface in /etc/network/interface
8. If you want to start ndiswrapper at boot time add “ndiswrapper” in a line to /etc/modules

That’s it.