[elrepo] D-Link DWA-140 on CentOS 5 disappearing

[Kostis Pangalos]

Hi Alan/People.

Thanks for the reply.

Did what you asked but no joy  I'm afraid. The Devices tab  of the
system-config-network GUI is still empty.

Fingerprint is as follows irrespective of how I get the adapter
attached. (After cold boot or warm boot or already plugged in when PC
is first turned on)

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 07d1:3c0a D-Link System DWA-140 RangeBooster N
USB Adapter(rev.B2)

Any other guesses?

Cheers,
Kostis

On 27 June 2010 14:19, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
> Hi Kostis,
>
> I don't have any experience with a DWA-140 but I wonder if what you
> are experiencing is a symptom of it being able to behave as both a
> removable storage device and a serial communications device.
>
> I would be interested to know the result of the following experiment.
>
> Disconnect the DWA-140 and boot the system from cold (i.e. a power-on
> boot-up). Execute /sbin/lsusb and note the result. Plug the DWA-140
> into a USB port. Execute /sbin/lsusb again. The difference between the
> two lsusb command's output will be the default fingerprint
> (Vendor:Device ID Pairing) for the DWA-140. Please post the value of
> that fingerprint. Now see if System ---> Administration ---> Network
> (i.e. executing system-config-network from the CLI) will allow you to
> configure it as a wireless device.
>
> Next, with the DWA-140 still connected, perform a warm reboot of the
> system. Once again, execute an /sbin/lsusb command. Does the device
> show the same fingerprint? If not, please post that new value.
>
> If you do indeed see two different device fingerprints, I'm sure one
> will be as the serial communications device and one will be as a
> removable storage medium. In that case, perhaps a recent (and ongoing)
> CentOS forum thread [1] will give you some idea.
>
> Alan.
>
> [1] https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=26747&forum=40&post_id=109709#forumpost109709
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