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fast fw54u (rt2571 chipset) RT73 wireless driver

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I’ve been getting these wireless 802.11G usb network adapters from china.

But lately, the driver CD that they ship doesn’t actually have the correct driver… typical.

All the adapter has on the cover is “FAST FW54U” 54Mbps wireless adapter

I open it up, and the chip has an RA logo and the identifier: RT2571WF

After some digging, I find I need to download the rt73 drivers to make it work…

http://www.ralinktech.com

But its not an easily found driver…

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fast fw54u (rt2571 chipset) RT73 wireless driver — 13 Comments

  3. Thanks for the response.
    Could you tell me whether there is a second chip in there identified as RT2528L?

  4. I’ll take a look tomorrow morning and let you know.

    I came across a faulty one a while ago (I don’t like wave-soldered / reflow-soldered chips… all the electrical contacts are under the chip… no way to resolder a bad solder point using a conventional soldering iron).

    It would only work if I twisted the usb plug in a particular way… annoying.

  6. oops, sorry about the delay Terry,
    lots to do, not enough time…
    Anyway, there are about 2 discrete transistors… loads of capacitors, a small chip (U3AT66A) with just 8 pins, and a sealed metal “cage”… which I assume has some RF stuff inside. I’ll pry it open (its stuffed anyway)…
    Ah yes, under the shielding we have:
    a small 6-pin chip.
    A larger 16-pin (cant make out the writing)
    and a big chip with: RA logo followed by: RT2528L , CR33000D0 , 0551ST
    Hope that helps.

  8. My usb adapter doesn’t work. Sometimes my computer says
    that it is unrecognizable. Sometimes it doesn’t have any contact. I think it’s broken. It used to work just fine. What is your opinion?

  10. Hey! I can’t seem to find the right driver in the site supplied here. am I doing something wrong or is it actually that hard to find?

    This dongle used to work just fine on a chinese windows 7, but after I changed it to windows 7 ultimate in english, it’s unrecognizable and WILL NOT WORK!

    Thanks

  11. Rotern:
    Tienes que usar la opcion de actualizar controlador(driver) y desisntalar los que ya pusiste…
    Aunque yo use windows XP.

  12. Gracias por la ayuda … Ya desesperado, y decidió comprar un adaptador nuevo. ahora funciona correctamente con Windows 7, en Inglés:)

  13. I just bought a rt2571 wf, which was inside a belkin f5d7xxxxxxx

    i dont remember the belkin model but it was version 3002 which was displayed on the bottom of the package.
    But it is just a basic belkin wireless g usb adapter that i bought from conns.
    It was relatively expensive compared to walmart and other places at conns it was i think 49.99 us which at walmart you could get a wireless n adapter for that cost.

    But conns wants to rip people off so i couldnt stand for that so i brought it home popped open the belkin casing, yanked the rt2571 out and glued a usb tip back in and filled the case up with a bit of glue as well to compensate for the weight of the chipset i just took out.

    I let that bitc# dry over night repackaged it the next morning and went and got my money back………

    thats what a store gets when they wanna rip the public off f conns but they had the chipset i needed because im cracking wep in linux bt4 virtual machine and now its a bitch to find adapters with the capabilities of the chipset mentioned above cuz it barely ever tells you version # on the package so its a guessing game…….

    Hope this helps

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