Usb WiFi dongle pluggin in doesnt create wlan0 interface
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I use D-Link DWA-110 WiFi usb dongle. It used to be working well, but after some config changes I broke something and now when I plug the dongle in I see it in lsusb output, but wlan0 isn't created and the led on the dongle doesn't light.
What to check out?
~ > uname -a
Linux Distress 3.2.0-56-generic #86-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 17:31:43 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
dmesg shows
[ 667.824095] usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[ 668.117996] usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=07d1, idProduct=3c07
[ 668.118007] usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 668.118015] usb 1-8: Product: 802.11 bg WLAN
[ 668.118021] usb 1-8: Manufacturer: Ralink
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