Laptop Wireless

[Ed <doyleed@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I have a HP ZT1000 laptop with an internal wireless card.  I tried to 
install Fedora 8 on it, and although the install went smoothly, it 
refused to recognize the internal wireless card. Eventually I gave up and 
wiped Fedora off and installed Debian 4or1.  Again the install was event-
less but Debian automatically recognized and set up the internal wireless 
card on the laptop. I 'think' I would prefer to have Fedora on the laptop 
only because I am more familiar with Fedora.  Would anyone have any idea 
what specifically in Debian allows it to recognize and work with my 
internal wireless card and whether I could somehow port that part of the 
install over to Fedora if I were to reinstall Fedora. If there is a 
better forum for me to ask this question, please advise.  Lastly, my 
brief experience with debian has been very positive, my only reason to 
prefer Fedora is that I have used it on my desktops for years and am more 
familiar with it.  Incidentally, another nice thing about Debian is the 
stock ticker applet worked out of the box, where I have not been able to 
get the stock ticker applet to work on my fedora 6 desktop.

Any suggestion or redirection would be appreciated.

Ed