netis wf2118

[Michael]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> $ iwconfig
>>
>> lo        no wireless extensions.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> iwconfig doesn't see it
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Michael Butash <michael at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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