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1) Download driver from: http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drive ... .0.tar.bz2

2) Unzip and move to USB drive(if working with second computer). Move to EEE.

3) cd into 2008_0325_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.7.0.0

4) execute "nano os/linux/config.mk" (without the speech marks)

5) find the lines which read

Support Wpa_Supplicant HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=n

Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n

and change them to look like

Support Wpa_Supplicant HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y

Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y

6) ctrl + o to save, then ctrl + x to exit

7) sudo make

sudo make install

9) sudo modprobe rt2860sta

That's it, NetworkManager will now work perfectly. Wasn't that easy?

If your network is still not working, you may need to do the following: shut down, take the battery out, put it back in, power on. (I know it sounds crazy, but it made all the difference for my EEEPC901-BK001.)

My issue was that after completed steps 1-9, I was loosing wireless connection after each system start in System -> Network. In System -> Hardware Drivers, new driver had status "not in use". So each time I had to type sudo modprobe rt2860sta. Then I found that you can automatically add this to /etc/modules/. And here are my additional steps:

10) sudo gedit /etc/modules

11) add new line "rt2860sta" at the end of the list and save

You will have to redo steps 7 - 9 every time your kernel is updated though. This method is technically more "correct" than using Ndiswrapper though, and should (repeat, should, as this is untested) offer better performance.