Setting up wireless

[c_k]

Hello.

I am trying to install debian(which i can do) But i need to install my ASUS USB N53 802 wireless card.

OH, also I don't have a cd rom drive and so i am installing the netinst via usb. I hear that's small and needs an internet connection to be viable.

If someone could point me in the right direction that would be very helpful, thanks.

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

So you've already got Debian installed? Or are able to do so?
If so, follow the instructions in this post. It is a small script that you can download, transfer to the Debian machine via USB key and use to retrieve some important system information.
Post back with the results of that script, and someone should be able to point you in the right direction.

[c_k]

Hey, thanks so much for the link. I got it and here is the results!

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge [10de:03e2] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge [10de:03e1] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus [10de:03eb] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller [10de:03f5] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMU [10de:03f4] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller [10de:03f1] (rev a3)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller [10de:03f2] (rev a3)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge [10de:03f3] (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio [10de:03f0] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE [10de:03ec] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller [10de:03f6] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
00:08.1 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller [10de:03f6] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e8] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e9] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e9] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GTS 512] [10de:0600] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:c842]
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7597]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169

============ lsusb ============
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1ea7:0002  
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13fe:5100 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0b05:179d ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8                1208  1 
nls_cp437               5817  1 
vfat                    7884  1 
fat                    40038  1 vfat
parport_pc             18855  0 
ppdev                   5030  0 
lp                      7462  0 
parport                27954  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
loop                   11799  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   235714  1 
snd_hda_intel          20035  0 
snd_hda_codec          54292  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5380  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                60487  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
nouveau               353144  2 
ttm                    40146  1 nouveau
snd_seq                42881  0 
snd_timer              15598  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          4493  1 snd_seq
drm_kms_helper         20369  1 nouveau
drm                   143072  4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4209  1 nouveau
snd                    46526  8 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
joydev                  8459  0 
soundcore               4598  1 snd
edac_core              29261  0 
edac_mce_amd            6433  0 
snd_page_alloc          6249  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
evdev                   7352  9 
k10temp                 2715  0 
psmouse                49985  0 
button                  4650  1 nouveau
i2c_nforce2             5280  0 
i2c_core               15819  5 nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_nforce2
pcspkr                  1699  0 
serio_raw               3752  0 
processor              29935  0 
ext3                  106710  1 
jbd                    37317  1 ext3
mbcache                 5050  1 ext3
usbhid                 33292  0 
hid                    63257  1 usbhid
sd_mod                 29937  5 
crc_t10dif              1276  1 sd_mod
usb_storage            40217  1 
ata_generic             3239  0 
ohci_hcd               19343  0 
r8169                  36840  0 
thermal                11674  0 
mii                     3210  1 r8169
thermal_sys            11942  2 processor,thermal
sata_nv                19166  2 
pata_amd                9869  0 
libata                133776  3 ata_generic,sata_nv,pata_amd
ehci_hcd               32097  0 
scsi_mod              126725  3 sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
usbcore               123271  5 usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
nls_base                6377  5 nls_utf8,nls_cp437,vfat,fat,usbcore

============ dmesg-firmware ============

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-5-amd64

============ ifconfig ============

============ iwconfig ============

[elija]

OH, also I don't have a cd rom drive and so i am installing the netinst via usb. I hear that's small and needs an internet connection to be viable.

If someone could point me in the right direction that would be very helpful, thanks.

In that situation, if possible I would plug in an ethernet cable until I have the OS installed and the wireless card detected.

[c_k]

In that situation, if possible I would plug in an ethernet cable until I have the OS installed and the wireless card detected.

Well I installed the first ISO cd not the netinst so I have gnome installed and such. The ethernet cable is possible but it would mean setting up my desktop in the garage so I was hoping there is an alternative.

If i did connect it to a ethernet cable how would i go about getting the correct driver??

I am new to linux.

[jayd512]

The only alternative would be to download all packages and dependencies to a USB stick, and transfer them to your Linux computer. (Which is very much a pain in the butt.)

Connecting with an ethernet cable would be the simplest solution. Instead of moving your computer, maybe you could get hold of a long length of cable?

[jayd512]

Here's your wireless adapter:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1ea7:0002

If I'm not mistaken, it's a Realtek chipset.
Odd that it's not being recognized...
What kernel version do you have? Post the output of uname -a.

[c_k]

The only alternative would be to download all packages and dependencies to a USB stick, and transfer them to your Linux computer. (Which is very much a pain in the butt.)

Connecting with an ethernet cable would be the simplest solution. Instead of moving your computer, maybe you could get hold of a long length of cable?

That would be a 250 foot cable okay I will just move it. Should I reinstall debian with the netinset install+internet or would the first iso cd image be just as good?

Here's your wireless adapter:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1ea7:0002

If I'm not mistaken, it's a Realtek chipset.
Odd that it's not being recognized...
What kernel version do you have? Post the output of uname -a.

2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 10:07:46 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Lin

Also when i installed it via vmware it uses e1000 driver for the wireless card does that mean anything?

[jayd512]

That would be a 250 foot cable okay I will just move it. Should I reinstall debian with the netinset install+internet or would the first iso cd image be just as good?

Reinstalling would not really be necessary, but I would personally do so. And the first CD ISO should do you nicely.

2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 10:07:46 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Lin

Also when i installed it via vmware it uses e1000 driver for the wireless card does that mean anything?

Not really... only because a VM connects with virtual hardware, so it doesn't utilize the same drivers that a physical installation would use. I had a VM installation going, and it also used the e1000, while my laptop had a Broadcom chipset.

[c_k]

Ok so I got the OS installed with an interent connection how can i tell if my wireless was detected?