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Content

1.Introduction..................................................4

2.Setup.............................................................5

2.1CompileConfiguration....................................5

2.2Checkcriticalsettings......................................8

3.Usage..........................................................12

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1. Introduction

TheRT3883SOChasthecapabilityofworkingRT3883andRT309x/RT539xwirelessinterfaces

concurrently.

A. Theinterface1(ra0):RT3883(5G)

B. Theinterface2(rai0):RT3090/RT5392(2.4G)

StationcanassociateandexecuteWPSconnectionforanywirelessinterface.Moreover,usercan

configurethesettingsofanywirelessinterfacebyWebGUI.

YoucanrefertoRalink_AP_SDK_User's_ManualfortheDetailinformation.

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2. Setup

2.1Install

IfyourSDKdoesnotincludeRT309x/RT539xsupport,pleasereferthefollowingstepstoinstallit.

Requirement:

z RT288x_SDK

z RT3090/RT5392WiFidriver

z RT3090/RT5392EEPROMbinaryfiles

Procedure:

Step1.

PleasecopyRT309x/RT539xWiFidrivertoRT288x_SDK/linux‐2.6.xx.x/drivers/net/wireless

ex:

$cpRT3090_apRT288x_SDK/linux‐2.6.xx.x/drivers/net/wireless

$cpRT5392_apRT288x_SDK/linux‐2.6.xx.x/drivers/net/wireless

Step2.

PleasemodifyRT288x_SDK/linux‐2.6.xx.x/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile

ex:

…

ifneq($(CONFIG_RT2860V2_AP),)

obj‐$(CONFIG_RT2860V2_AP)+=rt2860v2_ap/

endif

ifneq($(CONFIG_RT2860V2_STA),)

obj‐$(CONFIG_RT2860V2_STA)+=rt2860v2_sta/

endif

ifneq($(CONFIG_RT3090_AP),)

obj‐$(CONFIG_RT3090_AP)+=RT3090_ap/

endif

ifneq($(CONFIG_RT5392_AP),)

obj‐$(CONFIG_RT5392_AP)+=RT5392_ap/

endif

…

Step3.

PleasemodifyRT288x_SDK/linux‐2.6.xx.x/ralink/Kconfig

ex:

…

source"drivers/net/wireless/rt2860v2_ap/Kconfig"

source"drivers/net/wireless/rt2860v2_sta/Kconfig"

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configRA_CLASSIFIER

tristate"RalinkFlowClassifier"

dependsonRT2860V2_AP_VIDEO_TURBINE||RT2860V2_STA_VIDEO_TURBINE

defaultn

#source"drivers/net/wireless/rt2860v2_apsta/Kconfig"

source"drivers/net/wireless/RT3090_ap/Kconfig"

source"drivers/net/wireless/RT5392_ap/Kconfig"

…

configRTDEV_PCI

bool

defaultyifRT2880v2_INIC_PCI||RT3090_AP||RT5392_AP

…

Step4.

PleasecopyEEPROMbinaryfiletoRT288x_SDK/source/vendors/Ralink/RT3883

ex:

$cpRT3092_PCIe_LNA_2T2R_ALC_V1_2.binRT288x_SDK/source/vendors/Ralink/RT3883

$cpRT5392_PCIe_2T2R_ALC_V1_2.binRT288x_SDK/source/vendors/Ralink/RT3883

Step5.

PleasemodifyRT288x_SDK/source/vendors/Ralink/RT3883Makefile

ex:

…

$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RALINK_RT3883_3T3RRT2860_default_novlan_3s/etc_ro/Wireless/RT2860AP/RT2860_default_novlan

$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RALINK_RT3883_3T3RRT2860_default_vlan_3s/etc_ro/Wireless/RT2860AP/RT2860_default_vlan

$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RALINK_RT3662_2T2R/etc_ro/Wireless/RT2860AP/RT2860_default_novlan

$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RALINK_RT3662_2T2R/etc_ro/Wireless/RT2860AP/RT2860_default_vlan



$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RT3090_AP/etc_ro/Wireless/iNIC/RT2860AP.dat

$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RT3090_AP/etc_ro/Wireless/RT2860AP/RT3092_PCIe_LNA_2T2R_ALC_V1_2.bin



$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RT3090_AP/etc_ro/Wireless/iNIC/RT2860AP.dat

$(ROMFSINST)‐eCONFIG_RT5392_AP/etc_ro/Wireless/RT2860AP/RT5392_PCIe_2T2R_ALC_V1_2.bin

…

Step6.

PleasemodifyRT288x_SDK/source/user/rt2880_app/scripts/internet.sh

ex:

…

#RTDEV_PCIesupport

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if["$CONFIG_RTDEV_PCI"!=""];then

ralink_initmake_wireless_configrtdev

if["$RT2880v2_INIC_PCI"!=""];then

rmmodiNIC_pci

insmod‐qiNIC_pci

elif["$CONFIG_RT3090_AP"!=""];then

rmmodRT3090_ap_net

rmmodRT3090_ap

rmmodRT3090_ap_util

insmod‐qRT3090_ap_util

insmod‐qRT3090_ap

insmod‐qRT3090_ap_net

elif["$CONFIG_RT5392_AP"!=""];then

rmmodRT5392_ap

insmod‐qRT5392_ap

fi

#RTDEV_USBsupport

elif["$CONFIG_RTDEV_USB"!=""];then

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2.2CompileConfiguration

YoumustswitchdirectorytoRT2888x_SDK/sourceandexecute“makemenuconfig,”likebelow:



Pleasechoose“SelecttheProductyouwishtotarget”optiontoconfigurethemainsettingsofyourtarget

platform.

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Andthen,pleaseexit“SelecttheProductyouwishtotarget”optionandenter“Kernel/Library/Defaults

Selection”option.

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Youmustselect“Defaultallsettings”optiontoloaddefaultconfigurationfirstandselect“Customize

KernelSettings”optionstoturnon2ndinterface.

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Afterloaddefault,youcanenterkernelconfiguredmainmenu.

Pleaseenter“Machineselection”andchoice”RT3883PCIarchitecture”to“PCIERCONLY”mode.

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Leave“Machineselection”option.

Pleaseenter“Busoptions(PCI,PCMCIA,EISA,ISA,TC)”optionandcheckwhetherPCI/PCIEsupportornot,

likebelow:



Leave“Busoptions(PCI,PCMCIA,EISA,ISA,TC)”option.

Pleaseenter“RalinkModule”option



YoucanselectRT3090orRT5392moduletoact2ndWiFiinterface,butoneofthemcouldbeselected.



Leave“RalinkModule”optionandthenexit“LinuxKernelConfiguration”.

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Final,youcanexecute“makedep”and“make”tobuildimageundertheRT288x_SDK/source.

$makedep

$make

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3. Usage

Ifthefirmwareisbuiltsuccessfully,youcanupgradeitintoyourRT3883referenceboardbyTFTPServer

orWebGUI.

Afterfirmwareupgrade,youcanuse“lsmod”and“ifconfig”commandstocheckifRT3090_apis

successfullyinsertedandbroughtupornot.

2ndWiFiinterfacemodule:RT3090_ap/RT5392_ap

RT3883interfacename:ra0

RT3090/RT5392interfacename:rai0

RT3883profileislocatedon/etc/Wireless/RT2860/RT2860.datandRT3090/RT5392profileislocatedon

/etc/Wireless/iNIC/iNIC_ap.dat.TochangeRT309xwirelesssettings,youcanedititsprofileandre‐bring

upit,likeRT3883.



Certainly,RT3883andRT3090/RT5392areshowntheirdetailinformationorconfiguredsettingsbyiwpriv

command,forexample:

RT3883:

#iwprivera0setSSID=RT3883AP

#iwprivera0stat

…

RT3092:

#iwpriverai0setSSID=RTDEV_AP

#iwpriverai0stat

…

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