It's a bit coy of saying the maker's name, just "Made in China" (aren't 

they all?) The device is called a Wireless USB Adapter (X00015RY2T), and 

is compatible with Linux, among others.

The instructions are in such small print as to be unreadable, but at the 

top it says: "IMPORTANT: For proper operation, do not connect the 

Wireless-LAN USB Adapter to your computer before you install the 

software." So I tried to do that. But although there was a mini disc with 

software on it, I couldn't get it to install. So, to cut a long boring 

story short, I put the dongle in a USB slot on another computer, also 

running Linux, of course, and, bless me, it just worked without any 

software being installed.

So I put it on my main desktop where it also just worked. 

I have a friend who calls Instructions "Destructions". Now I see why.

Thanks to you all for your help and advice. Just thought you might like 

to hear how I got on.

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

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