Re: WiFi for a laptop

[Richard England <rlengland@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > On 06Jul2007 16:40, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> > > Hi Sam, if Windows is right the WAN miniport is a L2TP whatever that 
> > > is. The CPU is Intel and can step down in speed from about 2791 MHz. 
> > > Since you have two laptops working can you point me to any help you 
> > > used? I have the latest kernel 3232 that has a lot of stuff in 
> > > modules and I can get them to work if I knew how.
> > >     
> >
> > It's worth checking the output of the "lspci" command under linux.
> > For example, mine includes these lines:
> >
> >   02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit 
> > Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03)
> >   02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG 
> > Network Connection (rev 05)
> >
> > The bottom one is my WiFi interface.
> >
> > My /etc/modprobe.conf file says (amongst other things):
> >
> >   alias eth0 e1000
> >   alias eth1 ipw2200
> >
> > which causes the command "modprobe eth1" to load the ipw2200 module.
> >
> > I'd imagine the "system-config-network" command should figure this 
> > out on its
> > own for the common cases. How's it do for you?
> >   
>    Well mine is no where as clear as yours. I have two so called 
> ethernet cards in my laptop. One is a Atheros Communications Inc. and 
> the other is a Realtek Semiconductor Co. so I'm not sure which is 
> what. Guess I will run both through Google.
>
> Karl
Sheesh.

Why don't you post the output from lspci so everyone can see it. 

You probably have a NIC (Network Interface Card) as well as a WiFI card. 

I would suspect the Atheros is the WiFi but with no evidence it is hard 
to know.