Wireless networking with CentOS 4.4 on Dell laptop

Andrew Allen andy.allen at virgin.net
Wed Jun 20 20:56:48 UTC 2007


Thanks for your prompt and helpful reply, Krishnaprasad.

Andy

On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 10:29 +0530, Krishnaprasad_K at Dell.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	I think ipw2200 module is already present in linux kernel. Just
> try to load the module ( ipw2200.ko ) by modprobe ipw2200
> 
> Then using wifi manager utility u can see whether its connected to the
> network or not
> 
> Regards,
> Krishnaprasad
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Serge Dubrouski
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:11 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Wireless networking with CentOS 4.4 on Dell laptop
> 
> I haven't tried this on CentOS but on Fedora it works just fine:
> 
> http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml
> 
> 
> On 6/19/07, Krishnaprasad_K at dell.com <Krishnaprasad_K at dell.com> wrote:
> > You can download drivers from www.support.dell.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Krishnaprasad
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Allen
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:31 AM
> > To: CentOS mailing list; General Red Hat List
> > Subject: Wireless networking with CentOS 4.4 on Dell laptop
> >
> > I have a (new) Dell laptop with CentOS 4.4 installed and am trying to
> > get wireless networking. The list of drivers doesn't include a
> specific
> > one for this card - Dell wireless 1390 Mini PCI network card 802.11b/g
> > (according to the manufacturer's blurb). Any ideas as to where I can
> > find the appropriate driver please?
> >
> > Andy
> >
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