[whysoserious2009]

Hi, i was wondering since this being driver heaven and everything whether you guys could please help me figure out what wireless network card i have in my computer so i can update it with the latest drivers.
Its driving me mad.

In device manager its listed as:-
"Ralink Wireless LAN Card V2"

And with "ipconfig /all" in the cmd screen its listed as the same.

Only problem is, if you take a look over on Ralinks driver update page it doesnt display it anywhere and only uses the codes "RTxxxx" which im guessing would be the chipset but how do i find out which one identifys my card?
Ralink Technology: Windows


I sent ralink an email but they havent replied so any help or info you guys have about this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[GigaWatt]

use SIW or Everest to identify the model of your Wireless card, paste the results here ...

[whysoserious2009]

Thats the exact kind of response i was hoping for, thank you


I run SIW and it came up with the following information realting to the network card:-


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Property Value
Device ID PCI\VEN_1814DEV_0302SUBSYS_619418E8REV_00\4928CDF0 20A4
Status 0x0180200a Started
Problem 0x00000000 (0)
Service rt61x86
Capabilities 0x00000000
Config Flags 0x00000000
Class Net
Manufacturer Ralink Technology Corp.
Hardware IDs PCI\VEN_1814DEV_0302SUBSYS_619418E8REV_00
PCI\VEN_1814DEV_0302SUBSYS_619418E8
PCI\VEN_1814DEV_0302CC_028000
PCI\VEN_1814DEV_0302CC_0280
Compatible IDs PCI\VEN_1814DEV_0302REV_00
PCI\VEN_1814DEV_0302
PCI\VEN_1814CC_028000
PCI\VEN_1814CC_0280
PCI\VEN_1814
PCI\CC_028000
PCI\CC_0280
Class GUID {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Location PCI bus 9, device 4, function 0
Bus number 0x00000009
Enumerator name PCI
Description Ralink Wireless LAN Card V2
Driver {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0005
Physical Object Name \Device\NTPNP_PCI0013
Bustype GUID {44203042-2046-4245-2043-382031302042}
Legacy bus type 0x00000005
Install State 0x00000000
Device Address 0x00040000

Device Configuration File oem16.inf
NewDeviceInstall 0
NetCfgInstanceId {78012937-D418-4E7E-B418-CC8AA5CC7593}
*IfType 47
Characteristics 84
*MediaType 10
*PhysicalMediaType 9
WirelessMode 3
Channel 1
BusType 5
ComponentId pci\ven_1814dev_0302subsys_619418e8
*ReceiveBuffers 64
*TransmitBuffers 64
InfPath oem16.inf
InfSection RALINK.ndi
InfSectionExt .NT
ProviderName Ralink Technology Corp.
DriverDateData 00 40 C8 EC 59 4F C9 01
DriverDate 11-26-2008
DriverVersion 2.1.3.0
MatchingDeviceId pci\ven_1814dev_0302subsys_619418e8
DriverDesc Ralink Wireless LAN Card V2
CoInstallers32 RaCoInst.dll,ClassCoInstaller
WPSDevName Ralink Client
-----------------------------------------

Property Value
(Packard Bell BV EasyNote MZ35)
Network Adapter 1
Model Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Status Disconnected
Type WIRED
Speed 10 Mbps

Network Adapter 2
Model Ralink Wireless LAN Card V2
Status Connected
Manufacturer QCOM TECHNOLOGY INC.
Type WIRELESS LAN
Speed 54 Mbps

-----------------------------------

Property Value
Vendor 1814h Ralink Technology Corp
Device 0302h RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g
Subsystem Vendor 18E8h
Subsystem Device 6194h
Command 0016h Memory Access, BusMaster, MemWrite+Invalidate
Status 0410h Has Capabilities List, Slow Timing
Revision 00h
Header Type 00h
Bus Latency Timer 40h
Self test 00h Self test not supported
Cache line size 32 Bytes (8 DWords)
PCI Class 02h Network
PCI Class Type 28000h Other Network Controller

Im impressed with how much info that neat little program displays, i used berlac advisor and sandra before but they didnt show me this much detail.

Anyways...from this i see "Device 0302h RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g"
So im guessing thats the info i need...excellent.

One final enquiry:-
On the download page it has 2 drivers that interest me
(Ralink Technology: Windows )

The first being:-
PCI/mPCI/CB
(RT256x/RT266x)
Dated - 2008-12-9

And the second:-
PCI/mPCI/CB
(RT2500)
Dated - 2009-02-12


Now i presume the first one is the exact one for my card only i looked in the release notes in both and the second one says it also supports the Ralink RT61 chipset but would they both be for seperate network cards or would i probably be able to use the second driver listed rather than the first because the second drivers is more upto date.
Or just not bother and stick with the first? lol

Thanks for your reply its helped a lot... i appreciate it

[GigaWatt]

Originally Posted by whysoserious2009

Im impressed with how much info that neat little program displays, i used berlac advisor and sandra before but they didnt show me this much detail.

yep ... it's a neat little program, i use it quite frequently...

Originally Posted by whysoserious2009

One final enquiry:-
On the download page it has 2 drivers that interest me
(Ralink Technology: Windows )

The first being:-
PCI/mPCI/CB
(RT256x/RT266x)
Dated - 2008-12-9

And the second:-
PCI/mPCI/CB
(RT2500)
Dated - 2009-02-12


Now i presume the first one is the exact one for my card only i looked in the release notes in both and the second one says it also supports the Ralink RT61 chipset but would they both be for seperate network cards or would i probably be able to use the second driver listed rather than the first because the second drivers is more upto date.
Or just not bother and stick with the first? lol

Thanks for your reply its helped a lot... i appreciate it

i would bet on the RT256x/RT266x driver... but if you want experiment a little, you could install the driver for the RT2500 card, see if it works, and if it doesn't uninstall it (or just do a driver update in the Device Manager) and install the RT256x/RT266x driver, which should work...

post with results with both drivers...