WiFi for a laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 06Jul2007 16:40, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> 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