[PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Tue Jun 19 12:27:05 UTC 2018


So, do you see the usbN interface or not?

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 5:12 AM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 06/19/2018 06:45 AM, Russell Senior wrote:
>
>> Here is someone 10 years ago, using debian:
>>
>>
>> https://jonmccune.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/prolific-pl-25a1-
>> usb-to-usb-bridge-in-linux/
>>
>
> Now bookmarked. I read. It stated in part "... a new usbX network
> interface (view with `ifconfig -a`)."
> I tried and was given much - need to read up to understand what it tells
> me.
>
> Then I read the rest of your post ;/
>
>
>
>> What your distribution does (even if it is still Debian) might be
>> different
>> today, but it looks like it creates a network interface (usbN, in this
>> case).  Again, your mileage might vary, but the dmesg output should tell
>> you what interface name is assigned.
>>
>> You could also compare the output before and after plugging in the cable
>> of
>> the command: ip addr
>>
>> For example:
>>
>>   ip addr > /tmp/before-plugging.txt
>>   [plug in device]
>>   ip addr > /tmp/after-plugging.txt
>>   diff -u /tmp/before-plugging.txt /tmp/after-plugging.txt
>>
>> The difference should be the newly created network interface.
>>
>
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