Hmm, well it looks supported... https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RT2X00.html Per your lspci, you have a RT5362 chip, using the RT2x00 driver, and looks supported in most modern kernels. What kernel are you using? You're going to want to look through your dmesg, grepping for that RT5362 or pci-id to find what is going on when it's probing the hardware to load the kernel modules. Perhaps there's an anomaly to the build that udev isn't handling it properly. Might look at your lsmod output and see if that rt2x00 driver is loading too, or manually loading that driver to see what happens. Any number of reasons why it might fail, but as I said, *looks* supported... -mb On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 5:08 AM, Michael wrote: > 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~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >