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Topic: Wireless Trouble, Having trouble with wireless usb adapter

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Sir_Lewk

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Posted: April 05 2006,19:22

I'm relatively new with DSL (and Linux in general). I have it running nicely though I can't get internet access.

I have cable modem hooked up with a NetGear WGR614 wireless router. One of my computers (the one I'm on right now) is hooked up to it via an eithernet cable to an eithernet PCI card and is currently working fine. However my other computer uses a NetGear Wireless USB Adapter WG111v2. This works for me under windows but I can't get it too work under DSL. Any help would be appreciated, if you need more information, just ask though I may need help accessing requested information.

doobit

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Posted: April 05 2006,19:28

It's probably Prism. Turn off your WEP and make it an open system on your router/access point. Open the dsl panel and click the Prism2 button. Set your channel # and the network name in then and click OK. Hopefully you will connect.

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Sir_Lewk

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Posted: April 06 2006,23:33

I tried what you said and it failed. I also tried wlcardconfig, which didn't find a card (though I am using a usb adapter) and I tried broadcasting DHCP with Netcardconfig which also failed. I'm not sure that DSL is recognizing my wireless usb adapter at all, though I don't know how to check.

doobit

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Posted: April 07 2006,01:38

the command lsmod in a terminal will list all the drivers that are loaded. You should see prism2_usb in the list. The command dmesg will show you everything that loaded at bootup. The command ifconfig will list any networking devices. One way to tell if there's a chance is if the USB device has a light on.

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