trouble installing azurewave aw-nu221 wireless usb adapter

[ctimbrell]

looks like you may be right. I will go to the shop and buy another adapter in case this one is faulty and post back either later this evening or tomorrow. not sure what time zone you're on.

Thanks for your help this far, hope you're still available once i get the new adapter

rgds
ctimbrell

[chili555]

I am subscribed to the thread, so I'll see your reply via email. Good luck and I'll look forward to your post.

[ctimbrell]

Back with new adapter which i now seem to be making progress with. It has a light when plugged in and i am getting a response from commands issued but not working yet.

It is an azurewave aw-nu120.

lsusb now returns
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0603:00f2 Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1bcf:0007 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 13d3:3310 IMC Networks

which has got the last line showing a network reference which it didnt before

dmesg | grep rt2 now returns
[12818.532184] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb

sudo lshw -C network now returns
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:01:0c.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:11:09:18:2d:d3
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:23 ioport:c800(size=256) memory:ed000000-ed0000ff memory:40000000-4000ffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:6
logical name: wlan1
serial: 00:08:ca:c2:dd:d0
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes wireless=unassociated

Which clearly now has a wireless interface.

I just need to now get it functional but dont know where to go next with it. Help is once again very much appreciated. Thanks in advance

[chili555]

We're getting somewhere now! The driver r8712u is definitely correct for your device:

 modinfo r8712u | grep 3310
alias:          usb:v13D3p3310d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*

You have a wireless interface wlan1. Do you see networks when you click the Network Manager icon? Does it scan?

iwconfig
sudo iwlist wlan1 scan

[ctimbrell]

solved

i disconnected the wired connection and made an attempt to reconnect from the wireless network manager which worked. it scanned as expected and connected as it should.

The (lshw -C network) command returned

*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:6
logical name: wlan1
serial: 00:08:ca:c2:dd:d0
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u ip=192.168.0.7 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Not sure what part of what i did earlier with the help of chilli555 made it work as clearly the wireless adapter was also faulty. Thanks to chilli555 for getting me to that point, the help was very much appreciated.

[chili555]

ip=192.168.0.7

Awesome! Glad it's connected and you're solved. Have fun!