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My ISP just forced me to upgrade to a new fiberoptic plan with very |
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little advance notice. |
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I can't complain too much because my download speed is three times |
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faster than yesterday, but now I need to use a USB WiFi adapter if |
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I want to use my main desktop machine anywhere other than my kitchen. |
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(Don't ask -- the details are too stupid to post -- but I'm now using |
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a wired ethernet connection from my kitchen :) |
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The Cable Guy from my ISP gave me (for free) a D-Link USB WiFi adapter: |
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Bus 002 Device 003: ID 07d1:3c0a D-Link System DWA-140 RangeBooster N Adapter(rev.B2) [Ralink RT3072] |
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I did some googling and enabled the "appropriate" kernel drivers, then |
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rebooted and now the output from ifconfig includes this interface: |
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wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 |
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ether b8:a3:86:99:a8:d8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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My yes-or-no question: does the appearance of "wlan0" imply that |
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my new kernel drivers are the right ones for this particular D-Link |
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WiFi adapter? |
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If not, I'll either buy a better USB WiFi adapter or continue to |
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google it. |
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Thanks. |
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