[SOLVED] Do I have a wifi card?

radiodee1 · 07-11-2012, 01:35 PM

Do I even have a wireless card? This is a new Dell inspiron 15r.

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0154 (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 0166 (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e31 (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e3a (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e2d (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 1e20 (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e10 (rev c4
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e12 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e26 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e57 (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e03 (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 1e22 (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 0887 (rev c4)

I know the computer can connect to the wireless router from windows 7, which for now is still on the machine.

EricTRA · 07-11-2012, 01:45 PM

Hello,

You have two network cards so I assume the answer is yes. Run the following command to see if your wireless card is detected correctly and extensions are loaded:

Code:

iwconfig

Kind regards,

Eric

rokytnji · 07-11-2012, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Intel Corporation Device 0887

google search for debian brings up

http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi#supported-wheezy

Since the wireless n chip is pretty new.

I would be tempted to install and run

Code:

harry@Biker:~$ apt-cache show discover
Package: discover
Version: 2.1.2-5.2
Installed-Size: 118
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3), libdiscover2 (= 2.1.2-5.2), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: lsb-base
Conflicts: discover1 (<< 2.0)
Description: hardware identification system
Description-md5: a5dea31ea54f4b79eeb359717cce264b
Tag: admin::boot, admin::configuring, admin::hardware, hardware::detection,
 interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::viewing
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/discover/discover_2.1.2-5.2_i386.deb
Size: 43816
MD5sum: 5ef1cc3f94e5654a26ebfae7a6178074
SHA1: 5bd780ee075db68d0c5c418df97b3312d97222a9
SHA256: 3f217f89872393afb7253feb75f84edf63379249bca79677fda4677255725f2b

harry@Biker:~$ apt-cache policy discover
discover:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.1.2-5.2
  Version table:
     2.1.2-5.2 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main i386 Packages

Just to see if you can pick up any more info on that card chip other than what lspci shows.

radiodee1 · 07-11-2012, 02:03 PM

Thanks for your fast answer.

# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

# iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

I must not have some driver set up, but I cannot figure which or what. I googled this:
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 0887 (rev c4)

The info I found seems to work only for ubuntu. Is this right?

rokytnji · 07-11-2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

The info I found seems to work only for ubuntu. Is this right?

I think newer kernels than 3.2 will work also in other distros. Like I said. This is a newer wireless n chip from intel.

Edit: Just to show what I mean

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/piper...ne/001152.html

EricTRA · 07-11-2012, 02:20 PM

Hi,

Indeed looks like a newer chip, I've found some bug info on LaunchPad but not defined enough yet to offer a solution. One question, did you activate the non-free drivers when you installed Ubuntu? I'm not an Ubuntu user myself but if I recall correctly if some hardware is detected that needs the non-free drivers asks you for approval to install and use them. Maybe a more seasoned Ubuntu user can help you on that part. Seems to me that you are just missing the correct driver.

Kind regards,

Eric

radiodee1 · 07-11-2012, 04:02 PM

well, I stuck with debain. We'll see how that goes. I upgraded to wheezy and then installed firmware-iwlwifi. I tried to install iwlegacy but it wasn't there. Anyway, I have connectivity for the time being. Maybe it will be spotty. will just have to see.

EricTRA · 07-12-2012, 12:46 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the update. Enjoy Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric