Problem detecting wireless ethernet card

05-09-2007	#1 (permalink)
paramit81 Just Joined! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	Problem detecting wireless ethernet card Hello All, I am a newbie to Linux. I have a Compaq Presario C304NR, which has Linux on it. I know that the laptop has a wireless NIC card, but for some reason, Linux does not detect it. I downloaded ndiswrapper, but it doesnt compile on my machine, because of gcc version issue. My linux kernel version is 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL. I dont know if that is good or not, but I use this laptop for office purposes. If I can get the wireless internet working, that would be awesome. Please if anyone can help me with that, I will really appreciate it. Note: I have Intel chipset 945M in the laptop. It originally had Windows XP on it.

05-09-2007	#2 (permalink)
MikeTbob Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panther City, Tx Posts: 4,110	hey paramit81, Welcome to the forums. You need to identify your chipset before you know which driver you need. Open a terminal/konsole window, login as root and type this command: if it is a USB device Code: lsusb if it is a PCI device Code: lspci Post the output back here for more help. __________________ I do not respond to private messages asking for help. Please keep it on the forums only.

05-09-2007

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paramit81

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lspci output - 1

Code:

[root@localhost root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)

I am truncating the output, because the forum doesnt let me post a reply more than 1000 characters long.
Please let me know, if you need anything else from my side.
Thanks for your reply.

05-09-2007

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paramit81

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lspci output - 2

Code:

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4311 (rev 01)
08:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

05-10-2007

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MikeTbob

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Quote:

Originally Posted by paramit81

Code:

06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4311 (rev 01)
08:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

Which flavor and version of Linux are you using?
You have a broadcom 4311 chipset, kinda hard to get it working but it will work if you can find the right HOWTO.
And you have a realtek 8139, which should be supported on bootup. Do you have a working network connection in Linux?
If you do, then use your package install to install ndiswrapper. (yum or apt-get)?
Here is the install instructions.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...,installation/

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05-10-2007	#6 (permalink)
paramit81 Just Joined! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	Hey Mike, Thanks for your reply again. I am using CentOS 3 for Linux, (I dont know if that answers your question or not). Also about the ndiswrapper, I tried installing that before, and it requires a gcc version 3 or higher, so had problems compiling it. Yes I do have wired internet working on my laptop. I will research on yum and apt-get. But if there is another way, other than ndiswrapper, I would appreciate your help in that. Thanks again, - Amit.

05-10-2007	#7 (permalink)
MikeTbob Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panther City, Tx Posts: 4,110	Well, I found this link for you to check out. Hopefully it will help. http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/...?topic_id=8012 __________________ I do not respond to private messages asking for help. Please keep it on the forums only.

05-10-2007	#8 (permalink)
paramit81 Just Joined! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	Thanks a lot buddy. I will look at that link. Thanks, - Amit.

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