I need to find Wireless drivers for my laptop but I can't find it
I've checked the hardware database but I'm not sure which is mine.
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapater (rev 01) What packages do I have to install? By the way, I'm using Arch Linux, but I know that my Wireless Network Card is supported because it perfectly for Ubuntu, Fedora, and Mint. |
Run the command lspci in a terminal. The output should tell you which wireless chip you have.
For example, the output of lspci tells me I have a Broadcom chip: Code:
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) |
Second line is your wireless card, Atheros AR5001. Search for the driver using pacman. I guess the following commands are correct (I'm not using Arch).
Code:
pacman -Sy |
Arch requires you to do some of the work yourself - this includes reading the doco made available.
Start at the wiki, and search "wireless". Once you have done the groundwork, let us know if you have (further) problems. |
Nevermind, I modprobed it and followed this guide *After I originally got it up manually, this method is easier and it also provides an automatic way to start networking*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeekb4hYKE0 |
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