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To find the driver, we need to know what hardware you have for the wireless. Is the card internal to the system? Is it plugged into a PCMCIA slot, or USB? If it is a card that is plugged in, look for a make and model of the card, and pot it. If it is an internal card, then open a konsole and run the command '/sbin/lspci' ( without the quotes ) and post the results. The command for the USB bus is '/sbin/lsusb'. ( post the results if it is USB ). Once we know what hardware you have, then we can look for the driver.
lspci # will tell us the pci devices you have in your system.
lsusb # will tell us the usb devices you have in your system.
ifconfig # will tell us what network interface cards you have on your system.
ifconfig -aiwconfig # will tell us which of your network interface cards has wireless capability
lsmod
sudo iwlist <network-card> scan # this will use the <network-card> interface (that from the iwconfig command above) and scan for wireless routers that are accessible.
sudo iwconfig <network-card> essid <your-router-name> # assuming no security (the access point names will be provided by the previous iwlist command).
sudo dhclient # will attempt to get ip-address, subnet mask, dns server information automatically from your router assuming dhcp is turned on on your router.
it would be easier for us to read if it is in [code] tags.
There is a 32 bit and 64 bit driver. Which are you running?
In the notes for this driver, ...
Quote:
PRECOMPILED DRIVER
-------------------
Some distros (Ubuntu and Fedora at the least) already have a version of
this driver in their repositories precompiled, tested and ready to go.
You just use the package manager to install the proper package. If
its available for your distro, this is usually an easier solution. See
the end of this document for further discussion.
The driver is already part of Fedora.
Further down the notes,
Quote:
For further information see the documentation for your specific distro.
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