Panda Branded Wireless Model No. PAU05, made by Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5372 Wireless Adapter.

[naches]

I would like helping troubleshooting a usb wireless adapter.

When I attempt to connect to my Tp-Link router I get the following message "Configuring Wifi network connection..." The adapter never connects.

Panda Branded Wireless Model No. PAU05, made by Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5372 Wireless Adapter.

Dell Optiplex 3040, Linux Mint 20.3
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system Computer
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 16GiB System memory
/0/1 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100T CPU @ 3.
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen
/0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen
/0/100/2 display HD Graphics 530
/0/100/14 bus 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Fami
/0/100/14.2 generic 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Fami
/0/100/16 communication 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Fami
/0/100/17 storage Q170/Q150/B150/H170/H110/Z170/CM236
/0/100/1c bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Fami
/0/100/1c/0 enp2s0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigab
/0/100/1f bridge H110 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
/0/100/1f.2 memory Memory controller
/0/100/1f.3 multimedia 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Fami
/0/100/1f.4 bus 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Fami
/0/2 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/3 communication PnP device PNP0501
/0/4 input PnP device PNP0303
/0/5 input PnP device PNP0f03
/0/6 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/7 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/8 system PnP device PNP0b00
/0/9 generic PnP device INT3f0d
/0/a system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/b system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/c system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/d system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/e system PnP device PNP0c31
/1 wlx9cefd5fa3774 network Wireless interface

[sleeper12]

It might help us to see your system details. With the adapter plugged in, post what this shows:

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 inxi -Fxxxrz && rfkill list && lsusb && iwconfig && mokutil --sb-state 

[naches]

Thank you. I really appreciate the reply. This is a very supportive community.

I just found an answer by using the forum search function.

sudo service network-manager restart

That's all it took. I typed it in the terminal. Unplugged the ethernet. And, bam...the internet worked.

[sleeper12]

Well, that was easy. Glad you solved it.

[naches]

Another user had a similar problem. Thankfully I was able to benefit from their troubleshooting. Thanks again for offering to help.

[sleeper12]

Yeah, I've never used one, but Panda's usually work right out of the box.