[Fwd: Trying to figure out a USB wireless stick]

[Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@earthlink.net>]

I thought I'd try this list as well.

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• To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
• Subject: Trying to figure out a USB wireless stick
• From: Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@earthlink.net>
• Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:10:21 -0700
• Message-id: <4630EB0D.6040001@earthlink.net>

I'm using an older Dell Latitude which has always worked great with Debian. I'm currently using the "lenny" or testing version. I'm trying to set up a Linksys wireless card or stick. When I boot the computer the BIOS sees the stick on the USB port, but there's nothing to tell it to configure it as a network device.

The output of lsusb is:

Bus 001 Device 002:  ID 13b1:0020 Linksys
Bus 001 Device 001:  ID 0000:0000

My kernel is 2.6.17. I've downloaded the "wireless-tools" package. Any advise would be appreciated.

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