Re: Please help with - it seems - no WiFi interface at all
David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> writes:
> Glad to hear you've got it working.
Thanks, it was thanks to you listers' help.
> For cases where the linux drivers *don't* work, the windows driver can be
> used with ndiswrapper.
>
> In the case of my Zyxel G302v3, I blacklist the rtl8180 module (which thinks
> it can drive the card but cannot), download and unpack G-302 v3_7.00.zip from
> the realtek website, and feed WIN7X86/NET8185.inf into ndiswrapper.
In the case of my TL-WN725N, the driver was proably just in that
firmware-realtek Debian package suggested by Sven, because after its
installation the device began to flash. Since then it was probably just a
problem of configuration.
> I don't know what hardware you have, but some older laptops came with
> *optional* wireless, so that might explain it "not working". Do the FCC/CE
> stickers give any clues?
The fabricant specifications say that my old Hyundai laptop has an Intel
PRO/Wireless 2200BG, whose driver, according to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi,
should be in the firmware-ipw2x00 Debian package which I installed via aptitude
but with no effect. Looking better at them, I notice now, next to the device
name, the word `Options' put within brackets:
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG (Options)
, that recalls what you say about `optional' wireless in older laptops... So
does that mean it's not present in my machine?
Bye,
Rodolfo
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