dell wireless 1390 on centos 5.0

srupesh · 09-22-2007, 02:53 AM

hi friends,
i just installed centos 5.0 on dell laptop 1501
uname -r = 2.6.18-8.el5

when i viewed the device manager in hardware and also in /sbin/lspci
it is detected as "dell wireless 1390 WLAN mini PCI card"
("broad com 4311 chipset")

but when i open network manager i could only see eth0
that is ethernet not wireless

can u please suggest me on how to configure the wireless n/w

thanks

Brian1 · 09-22-2007, 01:43 PM

The basic. Use the search to to get more indepth on doing the things.
blacklist bcm43xx module
install ndiswrapper
configure router to use NO wep, wpa, ip or mac filtering. Enable dhcp on router. This makes it as simple as possible. Once the connection is made then you can enable any of the security levels but this eliminates these as why it will not connect.

No double posting according to the aggreement to the site.

Brian