WiFi for a laptop

[Cameron Simpson]

On 06Jul2007 18:05, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> 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.
[...]
>    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.

All the RealTek cards I have used are wired ethernet. I would guess the
Atheros is the wifi card.
Is eth0 or eth1 mentioned in your modprobe.conf file?
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