ZOT wrote:

> On a new installation on a old raspberry (the very first version)
> There is no wlan device,

I think 'the very first v.' has wireless.  Raspbian has inxi by default
which script shows lots of hardware info.

However, on RPi, the inxi reports are incomplete,
including the wifi part of the report.

Normally, on a 'conventional' machine w/ both ethernet and wifi
connectivity, inxi -N would show the ethernet and the wifi and their
drivers, but not on my RPi.  Here's inxi -N w/ only the wifi connected,
no ethernet.

$ inxi -N
Network:   Card: Standard Microsystems SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter

I can show more w/ inxi, which shows up the wlan0; and I will munge my
WAN IP.

$ inxi -Nni
Network:   Card: Standard Microsystems SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
           WAN IP: (munged) IF: eth0 ip-v4: N/A
           IF: wlan0 ip-v4: 192.168.1.135

My ifconfig shows the wifi as wlan0, but I'm reading some msgs from
2014 in which the wifi was ra0 instead.

My lsusb also shows that SMSC9512/9514 device, which is the only thing
inxi sees in its network survey.

Posted from my RPi model B accessing via wifi.

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Mike Easter

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