had to go into the driver settings to find anything out. looks like the driver was made by broadcom - so i'm assuming it's a broadcom chip. of course that means there's no support with linux right? On Sunday January 22 2006 3:21 am, John Summerfied wrote: > jack wallen wrote: > > On Sunday January 22 2006 1:00 am, John Summerfied wrote: > >>jack wallen wrote: > >>>i've been searching everwhere and can't find if FC4 (or 5) supports this > >>>card. has anyone any experience with this? > >> > >>What does lspci show? > > > > not sure yet. this is for an install on my girlfriend's daughter's > > computer. she wants to use linux but her computer has to use a wireless > > network card (the one i'm asking about). can't afford to buy a new card > > so i was hoping to find out if this card would work in FC4. i've searched > > but haven't found anything saying yeah or nay yet. > > We can't tell you until we know what's in the card. You could boot > Knoppix to find out, or in Windows: > Start/Settings/Network Connections > Choose the wireless card, right-click, properties > Choose General/Configure > It well tell you stuff about the card. Windows says of my card, > "Orinocco" (the brand) and "Agere Systems" (the chipset manufacturer, > way more important then the brand) abd Driver/Driver details says "Lucent." > > The printing on the outside of the card says "Wavelan," more recent ones > say "Orinocco." > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > 1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Z1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ > > do not reply off-list -- jack wallen, jr. get those pantz off www.monkeypantz.net
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