Re: Wireless on an Acer Aspire 3610
On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:16, Juanjavier Martínez wrote:
> >On Tuesday 07 March 2006 06:15, Juanjavier Martínez wrote:
> >> Does anyone know what chipset uses this laptop for wireless?
> >>
> >> Is any specific kernel needed? I have got 2.6.8-2-686 (for Celeron)
> >> kernel installed.
> >>
> >>
> >> Just asking.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Juanjavier Martínez.
> >
> >lspci is your friend here. It will list all the PCI attached devices on
> >your laptop. But it is possible that the wireless chip is either USB
> >in which case use lsusb or is behind an "enable wireless" button.
> >The acerhk package might help with the enable wireless button,
> >otherwise more extreme methods may be needed.
>
> Is there a way to know if lspci or lsusb is needed? Apart from try and
> error, y'know...:-) What about the "enable wireless" button? What is that
> all about?
> Where can I find information on this? You know, I've just purchased the
> laptop and feel naturally worried....:-)
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Juanjavier Martínez.
Firstly the button. Look in the manual (there will be one online if you
do not have a physical one). If it talks about a wireless enable button
then you have one. If not you do not. If you do it is worth installing
the acerhk package to see if it enables the button.
lspci and lsusb are very general utilities. The first one to try is lspci
and look in the output to see if there is anything that looks like a
wireless card. If there is nothing then try lsusb. Both produce
work descriptions of what they find (unless you tell them not to).
If you do not understand the output, paste it into a reply to this note.
David
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