cant find make model of wifi card

[always4lora]

hello, im pretty new to linux and never used kubuntu until friend recommended it, in the rush to get it all installed i have forgotton to write down te make and model of my wireless network card. i have searched the manafaturs site etc and havent found the info i need. my laptop is a acer aspire 5024wmli .
i was wondering if anyone either knew what the crad is, or if theres a utility or something in bas i can type in that will show me the make and model of all attached hardware.
thanks in advance

Ben

BTW wast sure to put here or in hardware.feel free to mmove it

[ricnmar]

Re: cant find make model of wifi card

Ben,

If the WiFi NIC shows up in ifconfig, you could go here:

http://coffer.com/mac_find/

And type the MAC address in and it should give you some info. Otherwise bite the bullet and call Acer tech support.

ricnmar

[kubicle]

Re: cant find make model of wifi card

You can use 'kinfocenter' to browse what your computer 'has eaten'.

You can also try 'lspci' and 'lspci -v' in konsole.

[always4lora]

Re: cant find make model of wifi card

hmm got a fair bit further since last time, managed to get a ftp to the drivers for the laptop, through one of the ubuntu -ndiswrapper links.
ive done what is documented int he instrutions and the driver and hardware are installed but everytime i enable the wireless card it disables itself.
i have made sure i have disabled the norm etho port.
driver not correct?

[askrieger]

Re: cant find make model of wifi card

When a card seems to start for a moment and then stops. it usually means that your /etc/network/interfaces file is not set up properly. You can search the forums for discussion of this topic, (It occurs quite frequently.) or you can post your file and someone who knows more about wireless than I can help you fix it.

[always4lora]

Re: cant find make model of wifi card

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[askrieger]

Re: cant find make model of wifi card

I can't tell you how to set up your wireless in your /etc/network/interfaces file, but I can tell you how I think you should set up your ethernet connection.. Please search the site for the word "wlan0".

For your ethernet connection, I suspect that, at your university, you probably use dhcp to connect. If the following lines do not exist in your /etc/network/interfaces file, please add them:

# This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces.
# They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem.
mapping hotplug
	script grep
	map eth0

# The primary network interface
iface eth0 inet dhcp

You may have to add a line to the mapping section and you will definitely have to add several lines for the wireless interface.

[always4lora]

Re: cant find make model of wifi card

here is the interfaces document.
gratefull for the help picking up kubuntu pretty quick, easier than fedora core





# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

# This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces.
# They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem.
mapping hotplug
script grep
map eth0

# The primary network interface
iface eth0 inet dhcp

iface wlan0 inet

auto eth0