Installing driver for WiFi adapter

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> TP-LINK TL-WN821N
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Can you post output of lsmod and lsusb. Have you installed the firmware
>>> > for the device into /lib/firmware?  If the device is supported by the
>>> > kernel you won't be able to load the module without the firmware
>>> > installed.
>>> >
>>> > Google is your friend.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Terry.
>>
>> Why do you believe you need to install some kind of a driver? From the
>> below, it looks like your card is an atheros chip-based one, and you have a
>> bunch of ath9 modules loaded.
>>
>> What exactly is or is not working for you.
>
> Well, I plug the the USB device and nothing happens. According to the
> manual, a led should be turned on when I plug the USB.

A possible explanation is here:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=268068

Paul