-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rick Bilonick wrote: <snip> > Does anyone have an idea why plugging in the power supply to the > amplifier would stop networking from working? possible you have wrong power supply polarity? tho i would doubt. therefore, unplug from usb connector, connect power supply. reason: rt 8187 is an amplifier. as an amplifier, it is amplifying rf signal and does not use usb for rf signal, only for power. if it does not work in this configuration, i would check power supply to see if it has any voltage. > What is also weird is that > if I enable "network" using services (rather than just using > NetworkManager), I can do "iwlist wlan2 scan" and it will detect > available networks - whether the power supply is plugged in or not. tho this does cause to wonder. because of weirdness you are finding, i would contact realtek. 8187 fails in product search. they do list for support; http://www.realtek.com.tw/contact/contentView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=1&PFid=4&Level=2 hth. - -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIpZKF+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAs0+AJ0XCtqM3d1CAKOKELItDv8eC2bUyACfcg3C Qw6xazx8bykRqECUAJAAQV0= =3vkg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list