wireless USB device

[Stephen Partington]

jackpot. now you have a string to search for with your google Fu!

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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