Thank you Cameron but no cheers!   Using the command /sbin/ifconfig-a on 
the first Terminal did produce the eth0 and lo and also wlan0.  When I type in 
the dmesg |tail-100 ....I get bash command not found!    So maybe I am not 
typing this command correctly.
    I opened a second Terminal plug in an adapter, wait several minutes type 
dmesg | tail-100 ...I get again command not found.   I then type 
/sbin/ifconfig-a ...this time I get the following 
bash: /sbin/ifconfig-a: No such file or directory.    I am at the root level 
when I am giving these commands.  
    It really seems that Centos does not see the adapter.
    Thank you for you help.  If you have any more suggestions, I would 
certainly try them out.
Thank you
Don
VE3HOL

From: Cameron Simpson 
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 11:48 PM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Installaling a second Network connector

  
On 08Jan2012 20:37, Donald J. Tambeau <mailto:tambeaud%40personainternet.com> 
wrote:
| Hi, I have tried ignoring the driver disk and just plug in the
| adapters, I have several. The system does not seen to notice anything new
| when I try the various adapters....no sound or any indication that the
| system has notice something new. I then go into file system and double
| click on the sbin folder. I then scroll down to the ifconfig folder.
| Double clicking on it or trying the file open, does not open the folder.
| I have tried the same thing on another Centros computer that is running
| our repeater and I am not able to open the sbin//ifconfig folder on that
| machine either.

My instructions were for the command line.

Please open a terminal.
At the command prompt, type:

/sbin/ifconfig -a

Note what inferaces are shown; probably "lo" and "eth0".

Type the command:

dmesg | tail -100

Leave it on the screen for reference.

Open a second terminal.

Plug in a USB adapter and wait a few seconds.

Type the command:

dmesg | tail -100

Is there new stuff at the bottom of the output?

Type the command:

/sbin/ifconfig -a

Are there any new ethernet interfaces shown?

Repeat with each USB adapter until one or both of dmesg and ifconfig show new
stuff (ideally both).

When ifconfig shown a new interface you can try to configure it with
whatever setup tools your desktop interface offers.

Anyway, please try the command line based experiments recited above and
report.

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson <mailto:cs%40zip.com.au> DoD#743
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all.
The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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