Re: Installing a Wireless Card
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:33:48 -0500
Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:30 PM, <ray@aarden.us> wrote:
> > I would like some help in completing the installation with a wireless pcmia
> > card.
> > I just installed 502 from CDs on a Dell laptop. I did not have the Belkin
> > wireless pcmcia card (HSM model no. F5D7011. Chipset BCM4306/BCM2050) in
> > place during the installation. Now I would like to get the wireless card
> > working. After reading the installation guide and several help pages, it
> > seems to be getting somewhere but not there yet. The session is below. I
> > have added some comments as <comment>.
> >
> > debian session:
> > su -
> > <then enter root pswrd>
> > /sbin/modprobe b43 <loads module for wireless card>
> > 'there was no response
> > /sbin/lspci -vnn|grep14e4 <I don't know what this is for>
>
> Why did you type it? Look at the man page for 'lspci' to see what it's
> for. I don't know what '14e4' is.
14e4 is Broadcom's PCI vendor ID; see /usr/share/misc/pci.ids.
Celejar
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