no scanning at all unless I plug a wifi dongle in On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Michael Butash 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 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 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 >>> 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 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? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: