Da Rock wrote: >>>>> Useful no doubt, but no answer to the question that was actually >>>>> raised, which was how one could find the chipset in a WiFi device. >>>> >>>>> Try looking at the wifi(wireless) card. I mean take it in your hand >>>>> and look at it. Do you notice anything? >>>> >>>> I have two PCMCIA WiFi cards in my hand. >>>> One is named "Orinoco Gold" and the other "Vivanco WLAN PCC 54". >>>> I notice two things about them: >>>> >>>> 1) Neither has any mention of the chipset it contains >>>> >>>> 2) Neither has any obvious way of seeing what is in the card, >>>> short of destroying it. >>>> >>>> What did you think I would notice, as a matter of interest? >> >>> 1. You should see a version or product number (may be in small print, so >>> put on your glasses and look). 2. You should see a serial number. >> >> Sigh. >> I do see the product number on the card >> (not the firmware version, since I have upgraded this). >> I do see the serial number. >> >> I DO NOT SEE THE CHIPSET. >> > > Well then, thats what you should look up. Between that and what you get > from the dmesg and other utilities mentioned throughout this thread by > others you should determine the chipset. Look, you said I would see the chipset on the card. I DON'T SEE THE CHIPSET ON THE CARD. I've NEVER seen the chipset on any WiFi card. > Thats the point of this discussion. YOU need to find the info, the helpers > can only guide you where to look. I don't need to find any info. I know everything I want to know about all the WiFi devices I have. I don't want to know their chipsets. SOMEONE ELSE asked how you could find the chipset. Various people, including you, gave answers to this. I simply pointed out that your answer - that the chipset is given on the card - is utter nonsense. > The way you're responding is not conducive to others helping you here. I'm not looking for help from anyone - certainly not you - on this issue. All the WiFi devices I use (half-a-dozen or so) work with kernel drivers, or in one case (a USB device) with a driver I compile. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
