Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-08-03 Thread poma
On 08/02/2013 12:06 AM, poma wrote: > Cut 'n' loose :) > > This is an embedded device, > lspci: > Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter > [10ec:8176] (rev 01) > Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce > - filename: > /lib/modules/$(uname-r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwif

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-08-01 Thread poma
Cut 'n' loose :) This is an embedded device, lspci: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01) Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce - filename: /lib/modules/$(uname-r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko - rpm: kernel - firmware:

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-07-31 Thread Rolf Turner
On 31/07/13 20:54, poma wrote: [RT] That ***ALMOST*** works. Thanks very much. The only WiFi device that the machine now sees is the USB device. The remaining flaw in the ointment is that when I close the lid on the laptop, it seems to stop seeing any available networks. When I clicking

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-07-31 Thread poma
On 31.07.2013 00:17, Rolf Turner wrote: > On 30/07/13 19:07, poma wrote: >> On 30.07.2013 06:51, Rolf Turner wrote: >>> On 30/07/13 14:45, poma wrote: On 30.07.2013 00:03, Rolf Turner wrote: > Thanks "poma" (???) and Harald. It sounds like you may have solved my > problem but I'm

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-07-30 Thread Rolf Turner
On 30/07/13 19:07, poma wrote: On 30.07.2013 06:51, Rolf Turner wrote: On 30/07/13 14:45, poma wrote: On 30.07.2013 00:03, Rolf Turner wrote: Thanks "poma" (???) and Harald. It sounds like you may have solved my problem but I'm afraid that your advice is too cryptic for my poor feeble br

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-30 Thread poma
On 30.07.2013 06:51, Rolf Turner wrote: > On 30/07/13 14:45, poma wrote: >> On 30.07.2013 00:03, Rolf Turner wrote: >>> Thanks "poma" (???) and Harald. It sounds like you may have solved my >>> problem but I'm afraid that your advice is too cryptic for my poor >>> feeble >>> brain. Can eithe

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-29 Thread Rolf Turner
On 30/07/13 14:45, poma wrote: On 30.07.2013 00:03, Rolf Turner wrote: Thanks "poma" (???) and Harald. It sounds like you may have solved my problem but I'm afraid that your advice is too cryptic for my poor feeble brain. Can either of you (or someone else) spell out in tedious detail jus

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-29 Thread poma
On 30.07.2013 00:03, Rolf Turner wrote: > > Thanks "poma" (???) and Harald. It sounds like you may have solved my > problem but I'm afraid that your advice is too cryptic for my poor > feeble > brain. Can either of you (or someone else) spell out in tedious detail > just > what I need to do

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-29 Thread Rolf Turner
Thanks "poma" (???) and Harald. It sounds like you may have solved my problem but I'm afraid that your advice is too cryptic for my poor feeble brain. Can either of you (or someone else) spell out in tedious detail just what I need to do? I cannot figure out whether things written in yo

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-29 Thread poma
On 29.07.2013 09:47, Harald Hoyer wrote: > On 07/29/2013 02:28 AM, poma wrote: >> On 29.07.2013 02:01, Rolf Turner wrote: >> … >>> (b) Would it be possible to disable/mask the internal WiFi card but >>> leave the USB WiFi device >>> available, so that I can actually get a WiFi connection? >

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-29 Thread Harald Hoyer
On 07/29/2013 02:28 AM, poma wrote: > On 29.07.2013 02:01, Rolf Turner wrote: > … >> (b) Would it be possible to disable/mask the internal WiFi card but >> leave the USB WiFi device >> available, so that I can actually get a WiFi connection? > … >>> I am running Fedora 17; output of "uname

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-28 Thread poma
On 29.07.2013 02:01, Rolf Turner wrote: … > (b) Would it be possible to disable/mask the internal WiFi card but > leave the USB WiFi device > available, so that I can actually get a WiFi connection? … >> I am running Fedora 17; output of "uname -a" is: >> >>> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.3

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used --- systemctl?

2013-07-28 Thread Rolf Turner
So far I have received no useful responses to my question (given below). However I have recently seen in another thread a considerable amount of discussion of something called "systemctl". This sounds like it *might* do what I want. However looking at the man page for systemctl leaves just

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-07-27 Thread Rolf Turner
On 28/07/13 16:15, Joe Zeff wrote: On 07/27/2013 01:42 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: Is there any way to "disable" the (non-functional) built-in WiFi card so that the laptop will *not* try to use it but will rather go straight to the (functional) USB device? I Googled around a bit and found some inst

Re: Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-07-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/27/2013 01:42 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: Is there any way to "disable" the (non-functional) built-in WiFi card so that the laptop will *not* try to use it but will rather go straight to the (functional) USB device? I Googled around a bit and found some instructions for disabling the built-in

Disable built-in WiFi card so that USB WiFi device gets used.

2013-07-27 Thread Rolf Turner
I have a Toshiba Satellite L850 Laptop for which the WiFi card appears to be incompatible with any drivers available for Linux. To try to get around this problem I recently purchased a USB WiFi device: An ASUS USB-N110. They (ASUS) provide drivers which one must install. After a great dea