wifi dongle, iwpriv ra0 ATE command not working

Question

Trying to execute ATE commands on ralink rt3070 wifi dongle,

# iwpriv ra0 set ATE=ATESTART

Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
set (8BE2): Invalid argument

Anyone got any idea?

It is suppose to work, according to this

Answer 1

It's supposed to work under the condition that you install their old hacked drivers.

Also note that on up-to-date kernels, the WEXT interface (used by iwpriv/iwlist/iwconfig) is getting more and more deprecated, replaced by the netlink nl80211 interface, as used by 'iw'.

Answer 2

solved it, in sta_ate_iwpriv_usage.txt it says,

To turn on ATE functionality, you have to add compile flag "RALINK_ATE" to Makefile

it can be enabled in RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.1_20100208/os/linux/config.mk

# Support ATE function
HAS_ATE=y

disable the rt3070sta module, make and make install again, insert module, it should run ATE commands without any problem.

Good luck