My wireless adapter works, but where is it?

[Cycledoc]

I'm curious about the lspci command. I'm using a medialink wireless adapter MWN-USB150N on my Inspiron 2650--it works beautifully for me.

Below is my lspci -v results. Shouldn't the results show the medialink? What am I missing?

Thanks!

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 05)
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 05)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 96
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=06, sec-latency=168
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e80fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 20000000-25ffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 1840 [size=16]
Memory at 26000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1880 [size=64]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Conexant Systems, Inc. Device 5421
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2)
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at e1000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, rivafb, nouveau

02:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 80, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 24000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 3c59x
Kernel modules: 3c59x

02:04.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller
Subsystem: Dell Device 00f3
Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 10
Memory at e8001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 20000000-23fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 28000000-2bfff000
I/O window 0: 00003400-000034ff
I/O window 1: 00003800-000038ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket

03:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
!!! Unknown header type 7f
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

03:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Device 17c6:0036
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at 28001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

03:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
Subsystem: Device 17c6:00e1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 68, IRQ 10
Memory at 28002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

[plucky]

MWN-USB150N

What does
lsusb show?

[coffeecat]

I'm curious about the lspci command.

....

Shouldn't the results show the medialink? What am I missing?

From man lspci:


lspci - list all PCI devices

Your device is a USB one. Anyway, plucky has put you right.

[Cycledoc]

Simple, Many thanks

lsusb shows this:

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c00f Logitech, Inc. MouseMan Traveler/Mobile
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

[coffeecat]

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp.

If the output of lsusb is a bit taciturn, googling the ID number (148f:3070) usually helps to identify the exact chipset. In this case it seems straightforward. 148f = Ralink and 3070 = RT3070 I believe. Not all manufacturers are as logical with their ID numbers, but you could google it if you want to double-check.