Wireless Connection

[Silve]

Hello, I am completely new to Linux. By new I mean I just put it on my laptop (live CD) this morning without having previously seen it. As I am trying to learn (without internet on my laptop) I have to keep walking back and fourth between this computer and my laptop with Linux.

How do I set up a wireless connection on the laptop? I have a netgear router, is it possible to get internet on the laptop?

I really have no idea how to do anything besides open the terminal and use the swd command, so a brief walkthrough would be appreciated. Thank you.

[arochester]

1) What distro are you using?
2) What laptop do you have. Make and model?
3) What wireless do you have in your laptop. Make and model?

[Juan Pablo]

How do I set up a wireless connection on the laptop? I have a netgear router, is it possible to get internet on the laptop?

Yes, of course

Which distro are you using? Open a terminal and do this:

su
lspci

After su just hit enter, post output here

[Silve]

Sorry, I have Morphix 0.4 (live CD, which I guess is Debian-based). My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 6000 with the default wireless card.

When I type su I get an authentication failure.

[Juan Pablo]

Try with lspci alone

[Silve]

Okay.... typing this by hand (sorry if there is a typo or two):

silve@Morphix:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2590 (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2591 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2658 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2659 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 265a (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 265b (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 265c (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 266e (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 266d
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2641 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2653 (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown Device 5460
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 170c (rev 02)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 0
03:01.2 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0822 (rev 17)
03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4223 (rev 05)

Thank you, please have patience with me.

[Silve]

Well, I am posting this message from linux ! I just tried Ubuntu, and it seems to be a whole lot better and a lot more user friendly. Thanks for the help!