--- In [email protected], "Donald" <tambeaud@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Paul" <pfrederick1@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In [email protected], "Donald" <tambeaud@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am trying to install a wireless adapter to my laptop.  I am running 
> > > Linnux Centos.  My does not seem to recognized that something new it been 
> > > connected to one of it's USB connector.  
> > > Don
> > >
> > 
> > Try uname -a to see what kernel version you have.
> > Also check dmesg and /var/log/syslog to see if your system is picking up 
> > anything for the hardware. If it is then Google is your friend. Good luck!
> >
> Hi
> The uname -a  produce the following:
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-308.13.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 21 17:10:06 
> EDT 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> [root@localhost ~]# 

Your kernel senses something is installed but I do not think it has a driver 
for it. In another post you issued the command lsusb which does produce the 
following information:

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 07d1:3303 D-Link System DWA-131 802.11n Wireless N Nano 
Adapter(rev.A1) [Realtek RTL8192SU]

Which I assume from the rest is the device you wish to use? I searched the net 
for some information about it and I found this:

http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/R8712U.html

Which states:

found in Linux kernels: 2.6.37 – 2.6.39, 3.0–3.4, 3.6-rc+HEAD

uname -a says you are running kernel 2.6.18-308.13.1.el5 or 2.6.18 plus some 
minor distribution fixes. So the driver you need didn't come out for 19 
releases after the kernel you are using.

So you've confirmed what others have suspected that your present distribution 
is too far behind to drive your hardware.

What you do from here is up to you but in my opinion you should seriously 
consider just using a distribution that automatically works out of the box. 
I've had my experiences with wireless myself, all bad, well unless it just 
worked.



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