wireless network adapter not recognized

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wireless network adapter not recognized

Post#1 by rych » 31 Oct 2014, 05:56

external adapter "Linksys AE3000" (Dual-Band Wireless-N Adapter with 3 x 3 Antenna IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0)
not recognized in Porteus 2.1 32bit (LXDE)
iwconfig output:
"lo no wireless extensions"
please help

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Re: wireless network adapter not recognized

Post#2 by francois » 31 Oct 2014, 09:58

Welcome rych!
We are at porteus 3.0 version. Why don't you trade for this more recent version?
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Re: wireless network adapter not recognized

Post#3 by donald » 31 Oct 2014, 11:59

@rych
check the device-ID ( lsusb ) and compare it with:

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE3000

"USB ID first seen in kernel v3.12 (2013-11-03)"

you might be out of luck with 2.1

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