hp laptop and wireless

[Ow Mun Heng]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Daniels [mailto:drs at pointyhats.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:11 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: hp laptop and wireless
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 03:53:43PM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jay Daniels [mailto:drs at pointyhats.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:00 PM
> > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > > Subject: Re: hp laptop and wireless
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 09:19:44AM +0800, Chris Kloiber wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 09:04, Jay Daniels wrote:
> > > > > Have an HP ze4630us and has a wireless interface builtin.
> > > > > 
> > > > > How do I tell if the wireless interface is detected by 
> > > fedora before
> > > > > purchasing a wireless router?
> > > > > 
> > > > > The laptop has a builtin wireless interface and infrared 
> > > port, however,
> > > > > I see no such device in hwbrowser, the hardward browser!
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > jay
> > > > 
> > > > Get an lspci and lspci -n from the machine, and start googling.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, it says Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306
> > > 802.11g (rev 2)
> > > 
> > > WiFi or Home Wireless network, use the same protocol?
> > > 
> > > It's late, I will investigate this further.
> > 
> > If not mistaken, this is a centrino laptop?
> > If yes, then perhaps you can look for ndiswrapper.
> > It's basically a wrapper for those Intel's Centrino 
> > wifi card for usage under Linux.
> > 
> > Have a look.
> 
> Not Intel Centrino, it's an AMD Athlong-XP-M
> 
> mobile AMD Athlon XP2500+ under /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> I have never used a wireless network, wifi or bluetooth.  I
> was under the impression that a wireless network used a radio signal
> since the routers have what appear to be an antenna, but this infrared
> port and wifi I really don't understand all this?
Yes.. You are right. Unless the laptop comes with a mini-PCI based
wifi card. If so, this means it's built in, and you're unlikely to see the
antenna.


 
> But my laptop doesn't have an antenna like a wireless desktop pc card
> but yet it says wifi and wireless network ready!
Mini-PCI Card maybe.

lspci -vv or lspci -n

 
> Could anyone explain all this?  Those infrared keyboards and mouse
> were junk, I hope this isn't the same type of wireless setup for the
> wireless network?

Nope. Wifi and IR are 2 different things.

 
> By junk, I mean you had to put the keyboard in the range of the sensor
> or it wouldn't work.  I hope this is not the case with wireless
> networking?


hehe.. actually, it is. Think of Wifi as your local TV station broadcasting
Movies/shows for you. Your home/antenna needs to be be able to receive the 
signal.