Wifi help

[vyraes]

Hi everybody,
new to the whole linux operating system, but very eager to learn.
I know with previous distro's there were problems with using WiFi, well, here's what I'm trying to do.
I have a somewhat old IBM laptop, I'm connecting to a linksys wifi router wrt54g v5 with a Microsoft MN-720 PCMCIA WiFi adapter. The router is password protected.
If there are drivers or something I need to download could you point me in the right direction please?
Thanks so much everyone.

[monte48lowes]

Re: Wifi help

Try this

lspci

and paste the output here.

Mike

[vyraes]

Re: Wifi help

Hey Mike
here's what it lists off.

vyraes@Vyraes-MOC-163749:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge ( rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (re v 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 0 c)
00:03.1 Serial controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 01)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 13)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43xG 802.11b/g (rev 02)
vyraes@Vyraes-MOC-163749:~$

Thanks.

[lingenfr]

Re: Wifi help

Check out my instructions in this post. Follow them and you should be good to go. Follow up with any problems.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090045.0

[vyraes]

Re: Wifi help

I followed the instructions to the letter. I did not go through with compiling from source as your old post said not to. It seems like there was no change whatsoever and the card does not light up, at all. Even after I've removed it and plugged it back in (hoping to god that an autodetect picked it up)
I'm currently installing wicd to see if it might help.