IIRC the Netwalker uses wicd as network manager. You probably have to change its configuration as it normally looks for eth0, the internal WiFi. You have to change that to ra0 instead, options defining which interface to use as wired/wireless are in its settings.
Ok, I disabled NetworkManager and installed wicd
it does create ra0 (ifconfig) and I do see it transmitting, but I do not RX anything or see any networks.
I did rebuild the driver to use ralink legacy mode.
I may need to rebuild switching one more option...
anyone use ralink legacy mode? (likely not, most use built-in wifi )
tom
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Ok I had the wrong driver 2870 vs 3070 I also had to switch to WICD - Thanks for the tip!