any advice as to what to do? On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Michael wrote: > and I just did it with lsmod.... no hits > > > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Michael 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 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@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@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" 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 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. 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