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Old 02-28-2007, 08:59 PM   #1
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Detecting internal wireless card?


I recently got Backtrack and decided to make it the primary OS for my new laptop, but I can't get my OS to detect my internal wireless card... Is there a command I have to type in order for it to detect it?
 
Old 03-01-2007, 10:44 AM   #2
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i'm assumin here that backtrack is a *nix, not a BSD (my bsd info is nonexistent)

could you post the output of "lspci -v" ?
also, what utilities are you using to try to detect it?
 
Old 03-04-2007, 12:57 PM   #3
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Programs?

Hmm, I haven't heard about these programs that detect the hardware... Where can I get them?
 
Old 03-04-2007, 02:26 PM   #4
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Did you run the "lspci" command as suggested above? That command should tell you amongst other things, the type of wireless card you have and its chipset.
 
  


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