netis wf2118

[Michael]

and I just did it with lsmod.... no hits



On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 at 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 at 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" <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> $ iwconfig
>>>
>>> lo        no wireless extensions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> iwconfig doesn't see it
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Michael Butash <michael at 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 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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