> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Daniels [mailto:drs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:00 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: hp laptop and wireless > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 09:19:44AM +0800, Chris Kloiber wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 09:04, Jay Daniels wrote: > > > Have an HP ze4630us and has a wireless interface builtin. > > > > > > How do I tell if the wireless interface is detected by > fedora before > > > purchasing a wireless router? > > > > > > The laptop has a builtin wireless interface and infrared > port, however, > > > I see no such device in hwbrowser, the hardward browser! > > > > > > > > > jay > > > > Get an lspci and lspci -n from the machine, and start googling. > > Thanks, it says Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 > 802.11g (rev 2) > > WiFi or Home Wireless network, use the same protocol? > > It's late, I will investigate this further. If not mistaken, this is a centrino laptop? If yes, then perhaps you can look for ndiswrapper. It's basically a wrapper for those Intel's Centrino wifi card for usage under Linux. Have a look.
