Add Wireless to Laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:26:54 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
> [...]
>   
>> Not at all sure.  However 'firmware' is a misleading term; I
>> think it's really microcode that the driver needs to load onto
>> the controller (which the WinXP driver will do).
>>
>> Just found:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/fedora-ppc/2006-March/000804.html
>> -- 
>> imalone
>>     
>
> Thanks for this reference.  I did the recommended things, but
> I still have a configuration error.  If I boot with the
> wireless on, I get:
>
>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_3_ethernet:
>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_11_wireless:
>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>
> Note that I had changed the device name from the incorrect eth1 to
> wlan0.  This required some hand file editing, because the change
> did not propagate to all gui places.  It appears I am missing a
> device name somewhere.
>
> Time to stop for the evening at -0400.
>
> Mike.
>
>
>   
    Hi Mike, a couple of questions. I see your using NetworkManager. I 
assume you stopped network and also loaded both Network-- files.

    When you use modprobe does the proper module get loaded into your 
kernel? On my laptop that works great NetworkManager calls both the 
ethernet port and WiFi ports eth0. It works so I don't care.

Karl