wireless connectivity

[P Echo]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:55 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 09/14/2010 02:42 PM, Patton Echols wrote:
>> On 09/14/2010 06:23 AM, Avraham Hanadari wrote:
>>>>
>>> I connected the system by cable to the the router and Internet was
>>> immediately available. I just now disconnected the cable and plugged in
>>> the USB dongle antenna DRUC-U2, 802-11g USB 2.0 adapter and I'm back
>>> with the "no internet connection" announcement. Evidently this dongle is
>>> not recognized by the system. Anyone know where I can find software to
>>> run it?
>>> Avraham
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Try this:  With the dongle unplugged, run
>> $ dmesg
>
> $ dmesg | tail
>
>

Yeah, good advice.  But tail defaults to 10 lines right?  I've seen
dongles that generated more than that in dmesg, especially with
errors.  It blasts past really quick, so I just don't worry about it.
Unless I'm causing myself an unknown problem?

--Patton