wireless USB question

2010-05-02 Thread Eve V. E. Kovacs

We have a wireless USB device that we have been trying to get working on
a linux box with a 32-bit SL5.3 OS.
The device is an ASUS WL-167g USB 2.0.
We have tried both the driver on the CD that came with the device, and a 
more recent version available on the ASUS website. In each case, the 
driver compiles and loads without errors (the kernel module is rt73),
but when we try to bring up the wireless adapter, the system complains 
that the device cannot be found.


Has anyone tried this device and got it to work successfully on linux?
Can anyone recommend a wireless USB that DOES work easily out of the box 
for SL5.3?


Thanks,
Eve

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Eve Kovacs
Argonne National Laboratory,
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9700 S. Cass Ave.
Argonne, IL 60439 USA
Phone: (630)-252-6208
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email: kov...@hep.anl.gov
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-- Forwarded message --
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:46:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kyler Kuehn kku...@hep.anl.gov
To: Eve V. E. Kovacs kov...@hep.anl.gov
Cc: Steve Kuhlmann s...@hep.anl.gov
Subject: Re: info on usb

It's an ASUS WL-167g USB 2.0.
The usb, box, discs, and documentation are all in the computer room, if you 
need anything more.



Kyler Kuehn
Postdoctoral Researcher
High Energy Physics Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Bldg. 362 Rm. F-241
kku...@anl.gov


On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Eve V. E. Kovacs wrote:


Hi,
Please send me the info on the usb that doesn't work (ie make, model)
so that I can query the sci-linux usesr list.

Thanks
Eve

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Eve Kovacs
Argonne National Laboratory,
Room E-217, Bldg. 362, HEP
9700 S. Cass Ave.
Argonne, IL 60439 USA
Phone: (630)-252-6208
Fax:   (630)-252-5047
email: kov...@hep.anl.gov
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Re: wireless USB question

2010-05-02 Thread Phil Perry

Eve V. E. Kovacs wrote:

We have a wireless USB device that we have been trying to get working on
a linux box with a 32-bit SL5.3 OS.
The device is an ASUS WL-167g USB 2.0.
We have tried both the driver on the CD that came with the device, and a 
more recent version available on the ASUS website. In each case, the 
driver compiles and loads without errors (the kernel module is rt73),
but when we try to bring up the wireless adapter, the system complains 
that the device cannot be found.


Has anyone tried this device and got it to work successfully on linux?


I wrote the report here and briefly had the device working:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless#head-a7388039af96da5400e599133447452d2ca61fb5

I didn't use it for any length of time, just borrowed the device long 
enough to test it had basic connectivity and wrote it up.


Hope that helps.