WiFi for a laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Cameron Simpson wrote:
> 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?
>   
    Yes I found that only the RealTek was being used so it had to be the 
wired eth0.

Karl