Determining the chipset of a wireless NIC?

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Thu Aug 24 14:12:24 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 18:59 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 18:54 -0700, Jim Lowman wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Is there a way to determine the chipset that is used in a given wireless 
> > NIC?
> > I've read the comments that manufacturers sometimes change the chipset in
> > mid-production.
> > 
> > After reading comments on Newegg.com concerning a specific card, I
> > bought one since one reviewer said that it was recognized by Ubuntu.
> > 
> > The card in question is a Netgear WG511T.
> > 
> > Any help with the configuration, or with choosing the correct option on
> > the GUI-based setup for FC5, would be greatly appreciated.
> ----
> lspci -v
> 
> Craig
> 
Also lshw which I think dries provides.
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Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>




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