On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 18:05 -0600, 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 > Karl, I'm no expert on this but my laptop (older Sony w/AMD cpu) running Fedora 7 is using a pcmcia wifi card from Belkin with an Atheros chip. The driver from Madwifi works great - shows up as ath0. Fred
