On Saturday 13 May 2006 11:18 pm, Karl Larsen wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > >> The laptop is a Sony Model PCG-9RFL. No data on what wifi hardware. > > > > Well, you aren't going to get far if you don't even know what wifi card > > you have ! if you say it works under windows just boot to that to see > > what it is. > > How do I do that? Where do I look in windows? Geez. How long did you say you had been working with computers ?? Something like (from memory) Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device manager will do it probably easier to just use the better suggestion of running lspci, as suggested by someone else in this thread Chris > > Karl -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dr Chris R Jones work : +44 (0)1223 337324 | | HEP Group (rm 882) fax : +44 (0)1223 353920 | | Cavendish Laboratory, home : +44 (0)1223 510711 | | Madingley Road, mobile : +44 (0)7723 327477 | | Cambridge, CB3 0HE email : jonesc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | +--------------------------------------------------------------+