Oh yes it comes with its own driver. The thing is how was I able to install over WiFi if there wasn't a fedora driver available. I have a gut feeling it's my lack of knowledge of how the cli tools work. Can fedora scan for an appropriate driver and install?
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 1:53 PM George N. White III <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM Bill C <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port >> > > It also includes a radio. These units may need to load vendor firmware for > use, and do require a specific driver, which may come from the vendor or > some open-source project. If you post details of your device someone > may be able to tell you how to use it with current Fedora. > > Use "lsusb"to find the device name and bus location. For example (showing > only the wifi device): > > Bus 001 Device 017: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS > 802.11n WLAN Adapter > > Also run `lshw --wlan`. The entry for the above device is: > > 22: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller > [Created at usb.122] > Unique ID: i1H1.x9IMWGGtcg8 > Parent ID: cLrx.8T3QcmdDop7 > SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.0 > SysFS BusID: 1-2.3:1.0 > Hardware Class: network > Model: "Realtek RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter" > Hotplug: USB > Vendor: usb 0x0bda "Realtek Semiconductor Corp." > Device: usb 0x8176 "RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter" > Revision: "2.00" > Serial ID: "00e04c000001" > Driver: "rtl8192cu" > Driver Modules: "rtl8192cu" > Device File: wlp0s20u2u3 > Features: WLAN > Speed: 12 Mbps > HW Address: aa:fe:01:c4:37:fa > Permanent HW Address: 8c:ae:4c:f8:01:56 > Link detected: no > WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 > WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 > 2.457 2.462 > WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP > WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap > Module Alias: "usb:v0BDAp8176d0200dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00" > Driver Info #0: > Driver Status: rtl8192cu is active > Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8192cu" > Driver Info #1: > Driver Status: rtl8xxxu is active > Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8xxxu" > Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown > Attached to: #21 (Hub) > > Look for the "Link detected" and "Driver" entries. Run `ls mod | grep > <driver_name>`, e.g., > > % ls mod | grep rtl8192c > rtl8192cu 94208 0 > rtl_usb 28672 1 rtl8192cu > rtl8192c_common 69632 1 rtl8192cu > rtlwifi 110592 3 rtl8192c_common,rtl_usb,rtl8192cu > mac80211 1298432 4 rtl_usb,rtl8192cu,rtlwifi,rtl8xxxu > > You also look in journalctl for messages related to these modules. > > -- > George N. White III > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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