netis wf2118

[Michael Butash]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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