On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:05 AM, John Pilkington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I just installed an SL7 box for my grandson. Internet connection was easy
> with a direct cable to the BT-supplied hub. On trying with a Netgear usb
> wireless dongle, dmesg showed that it was recognised but there was no
> further action.
>
> Booting the elrepo 3.18 kernel gave an immediate connection using the ar5523
> interface driver. I would prefer to use the standard kernel but I'm not
> clear what needs to be done to get this (quite old) device working.
>
> Suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
>
> John P
Can you post the output of 'lsusb'?
Then we can see the vendor:device IDs of your network device.
Akemi