wireless USB device

[Michael Havens]

last few lines of dmesg:

[350375.111136] usb 1-5: Product: Remote Download Wireless Adapter
[350375.111139] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Broadcom
[350375.111141] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 113
[350993.816113] b44 ssb0:0 eth0: Link is down
[350998.208073] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[351013.816212] b44 ssb0:0 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[351013.816226] b44 ssb0:0 eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[351013.816324] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[387995.329863] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 9
[387998.672071] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
[387998.807136] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0846, idProduct=9020
[387998.807148] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3
[387998.807154] usb 1-5: Product: Remote Download Wireless Adapter
[387998.807160] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Broadcom
[387998.807164] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 113

 ~ $ lsusb|grep NetGear
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300
[Broadcom BCM43231]

 I think that is the right one!

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Matt Graham <mhgraham at crow202.org> wrote:

> On 2014-10-22 13:09, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> My father just gave me a netgear wireless USB dongle. How do I get it
>> to work?
>>
>
> These things might or might not work properly, depending on the exact
> device revision and whether firmware is available.  What's the exact line
> that lsusb reports for this thing when it's plugged in?  This will look
> something like "Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc.
> M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse" except with different IDs and a string
> that doesn't describe a mouse.  The ID string may be blank if you're
> unlucky.
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