If the drivers are loading properly, it should show up as a proper netlink
device, ie ip link and iwconfig as a proper 80211 device, but aren't. That
seems like either a bad driver, or a bad device.
I would manually rmmod-ing each of the related rt2x00pci modules, and
modprobe them all back in. You'll have to figure out the order, but from
the lsmod, remove each, and then modprobe each until they're all back. See
what happens along the way, as something isn't loading properly for you if
not netlink devices are occurring.
I'd recommend finding something intel or atheros based...
Side note, you can always get a pci-e to mini-pci host-based adapter, and
simply get a typical intel, atheros, or any other mini-pci device used in a
laptop. You will probably find those, particularly atheros and intel will
be well supported due to laptop inclusion vs. random 3rd party usb or pci
cards.
Much like this kit, with everything, or assemble yourself with the parts
individually:
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-mb
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Michael <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> any advice as to what to do?
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> and I just did it with lsmod.... no hits
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> that is actually what I did with dmesg. The grep thing was just to show
>>> there were no hits.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll write it to a file and saearch with a word processor
>>>> `
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Carruth, Rusty <
>>>> Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And you might want to do it case-INsensitive, just to be sure you
>>>>> don’t miss it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On
>>>>> Behalf Of *Bob Elzer
>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, August 25, 2017 3:11 PM
>>>>> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: netis wf2118
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> doing a grep will not show adjacent lines that have errors on them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> you need to use the less or more commands and search for those same
>>>>> things and read the lines before and after, to see if there are any errors.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> keep searching for the next occurrence, until you reach the end of file
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 25, 2017 1:43 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The driver appears to be loading:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> $ lsmod| grep rt2x00
>>>>>
>>>>> rt2x00pci 13287 1 rt2800pci
>>>>>
>>>>> rt2x00mmio 13603 2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio
>>>>>
>>>>> rt2x00lib 55307 5 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci,
>>>>> rt2800mmio,rt2x00mmio
>>>>>
>>>>> mac80211 626489 6 rtl_usb,rtlwifi,rt2x00lib,rt2x
>>>>> 00pci,rt2800lib,rtl8192cu
>>>>>
>>>>> cfg80211 484040 3 mac80211,rtlwifi,rt2x00lib
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> and pci-id and RT5362 do not appear in dmesg:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> $ dmesg |grep RT5362
>>>>>
>>>>> $ dmesg |grep pci-id
>>>>>
>>>>> $
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:02 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ iwconfig
>>>>>
>>>>> lo no wireless extensions.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> iwconfig doesn't see it
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Michael Butash <michael@butash.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Need to make sure the system sees it as a usable network device. Do:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> iwconfig ## verifies if the system sees it as a proper 802.11 device,
>>>>> and/or ap association
>>>>>
>>>>> ip link ## sees the nic as a real interface
>>>>>
>>>>> ip addr ## shows ip layer data, if it has an address
>>>>>
>>>>> cat /var/log/syslog | grep NetworkManager ## verfies if
>>>>> network-manager is trying to do anything with it
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, does the systray applet show the network scanning for any wifi
>>>>> devices? You should see *some* ssid's being found.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -mb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> or more as it is being detected just not transmitting data. what
>>>>> should I do?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> lspci sees SOMETHING at least. It says
>>>>>
>>>>> 03:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5362 PCI 802.11n Wireless
>>>>> Network Adapter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> so it is detected.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The card in the other computer is almost identical It is pci-e wile
>>>>> the one not being detected is a pci card.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Michael Butash <michael@butash.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Look at the pci devices with lspci, grep for network devices:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >> lspci | grep Network
>>>>>
>>>>> >> 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac
>>>>> Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You should see a like device there, your new card. If it's not being
>>>>> detected properly, search dmesg output looking for an unknown device, might
>>>>> be a firmware thing or something. Dmesg should at least tell you what
>>>>> pci-id, vendor, or model of chip to then google why that doesn't load under
>>>>> your os.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -mb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I got two wireless cards (netis wf2118) for two computers. both
>>>>> computers have mint. One card is pci the other pci-e. the pci-e card works
>>>>> great. the pci not so much. the green connectivity light on the pci card is
>>>>> happily a solid green. Any ideas on how to get it to work?....
>>>>>
>>>>> I just googled it and the one hit I got said he had a dead card. How
>>>>> can I tell if it is dead?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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