from ethernet to wifi

[Jude DaShiell]

The mini disk that came with the adapter has a directory with linux source 
in it to be compiled.  The cods was last updated in 2010 though. On Mon, 
14 Sep 2015, Jackie McBride wrote:

> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:24:53
> From: Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: from ethernet to wifi
> 
> U translate it that it doesn't see your wireless interface. U don't
> have the right driver installed, evidently. If your lan is plugged in,
> Jude, that may be problematic, i.e., sometimes a wireless connection
> won't occur if there's a lan connection present. I think u need to
> determine whether or not your wireless card will indeed work w/Linux,
> &, if so, the specific drivers for it.
>
> On 9/14/15, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:
>> I don't yet know how to translate al of this, when I was in college the
>> cism degree just got started so our class got shorted the hands-on
>> networking unit.
>>
>> Script started on Mon 14 Sep 2015 02:56:39 PM EDT
>> jude at iceberg:~$ sudo 0  [K-H iwconfig
>> wlan2     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
>>            Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off
>>            Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>            Encryption key:off
>>            Power Management:off
>>
>> lo        no wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>>
>> jude at iceberg:~$ exit
>> exit
>>
>> Script done on Mon 14 Sep 2015 02:57:17 PM EDT
>>
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