how to install network drivers in my hp550 laptop

kadhan · 02-21-2010, 10:48 AM

Hi... I'm a newcomer to the wonderful world of linux. I have a hp550 laptop with RHEL 4 installed on it. I have spent the last few days searching various sites itself with no information on where to download suitable drivers.

Yesterday I installed RHEL 5 on my laptop and it detects all hardware.
The output of the lspci command is given below:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

I need to run RHEL 4 on my laptop. Where will i got these drivers.?
Could somebody please help???

acid_kewpie · 02-21-2010, 12:37 PM

If you're just giving Linux a go, and really advise that you don't use redhat. It's a server operating system, and so really hard to make the most of it on a laptop. If you pick a distro like Ubuntu, then I'd bet good money that the wireless drivers and all will work without any configuration, whereas you'll have a lot more fun / trouble / frustration trying to achieve the same on the wrong operating system. Having said that, this http://atrpms.net/dist/el5/ipw3945/ appears to be the driver you need for the wireless.