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SebaK 11-03-2011 10:36 AM

network
 
i dont have my wireless working. the router is on but it dont see it.please help.

arochester 11-03-2011 11:40 AM

Which distro are you using?

Are you using a Desktop or a Laptop?

What is the output of?: lspci
What does it say against "Network Controller"?

If nothing shows, what is the output of?: lspci

onebuck 11-03-2011 12:19 PM

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!
Quote:

Originally Posted by SebaK (Post 4514957)
i dont have my wireless woring. the router is on but it dont see it.please help.

From the cli(command line) as root do;
Quote:

lspci -vv
ifconfig -a
Please post only relative parts of the outputs for the requested commands.

Please do a 'man lspci' and 'man ifconfig' to get a understanding for the commands.

FYI:
I suggest that you look at 'How to Ask Questions the Smart Way' so in the future your queries provide information that will aid us in diagnosis of the problem or query.

 Plus, LQ has a good spell check & dictionary of words so your posts will be proper without misspelled words.

Just a few links to aid you to gaining some understanding;



1 Linux Documentation Project
2 Rute Tutorial & Exposition
3 Linux Command Guide
4 Bash Beginners Guide
5 Bash Reference Manual
6 Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
7 Linux Newbie Admin Guide
8 LinuxSelfHelp
9 Utimate Linux Newbie Guide

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SebaK 11-03-2011 01:06 PM

network
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by arochester (Post 4514993)
Which distro are you using?

Are you using a Desktop or a Laptop?

What is the output of?: lspci
What does it say against "Network Controller"?

If nothing shows, what is the output of?: lspci

im new to this. i have laptop, Fendora 15 and i have wireless card in my

laptop.

SebaK 11-03-2011 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arochester (Post 4514993)
Which distro are you using?

Are you using a Desktop or a Laptop?

What is the output of?: lspci
What does it say against "Network Controller"?

If nothing shows, what is the output of?: lspci

broadcom corporation bcm4312 802.11b/g lp-phy (rev 01)

arochester 11-03-2011 02:39 PM

Look at "How to install and use the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver (broadcom-wl)" - http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showpos...62&postcount=3


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