thanks, I will try this David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ned Slider" <ned at unixmail.co.uk> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless > Davy Leon wrote: >> [root at linux ~]# lsusb >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2) >> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel >> Mouse >> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >> >> so, is Realtek RTL-8187L chipset >> > > As suspected, grepping modules.alias shows that Vendor:Device ID to > match rtl8187.ko: > > grep 0846 /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.6.1.el5/modules.alias | grep -i 6a00 > alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187 > > so try loading the module: > > modprobe rtl8187 > > if it's not already loaded. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >