netis wf2118
Michael
bmike1 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 26 14:57:12 MST 2017
any advice as to what to do?
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> and I just did it with lsmod.... no hits
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> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Michael <bmike1 at 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 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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