- switched off the build in wireless (physically switched off, then
dhcpcd -k eth1; pkill -9 wpa_supplicant
) - copied the firmware (ar9170.fw) for the NETGEAR USB wifi card to /lib/firmware directory
- plugged in the NETGEAR USB wifi card
usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0846, idProduct=9010
usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
usb 1-7: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
usb 1-7: Manufacturer: ATHER