$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Michael <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> iwconfig doesn't see it
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Michael Butash <michael@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@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@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@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@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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