[EN] Cannot detect wireless USB adapter

[jjjrrr3]

I have installed Siduction on an old laptop with a Linksys AE1200 wireless USB adapter (Broadcom chip set).  As per the manual, I have installed:

firmware-linux
firmware-linux-free
firmware-linux-nonfree

fw-detect gives me no output, and I cannot detect the wireless network.  :-(  I even installed firmware-brcm80211 but to no avail.  What should I try next?

[devil]

Please provide the usb-id of the device. You will find it in the output of

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lsusb -vv It looks like xxxx:yyyy

[jjjrrr3]

13b1:0039

I don't understand all the output, but this seems to mean that Linksys is the vendor, and the specific product is "AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]".

P.S. After poking around a bit with this information, it seems that I need to get the firmware from the git repositories.  Is that right?  I'm going to give it a shot.

[devil]

the product/vendor ID 13b1:0039 points to http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb

greetz
devil

[jjjrrr3]

Are you sure?  I see 13B1:0031 in the Supported Devices list but not 0039, and iwconfig still shows no wireless extensions.  

I was looking at this page, http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211

BTW, this is a learning experience for me.

[michaa7]

No solution, but some info about linux driver support for 13B1:0039

http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE1200

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg84737.html

--> support is on its way into mainline and it seems you have to wait until the next final linus-kernel gets released.

Maybe in the meantime this helps, don't know:

http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/4446-how-do-i-connect-to-a-wireless-n-usb-wi-fi-adapter/

[devil]

I guess, i was wrong, but googling for

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debian 13b1:0039 leads to rt2800usb, if you are in a hurry

[michaa7]

yes, devil, but on this rt2800usb list 13b1:0039 is not between the supported devices.