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, rt2x00pci,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 wrote: > $ iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Michael wrote: > >> iwconfig doesn't see it >> >> 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~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: