[ltp] Wireless Ethernet and VectorLinux SOHO 5

Tony Whitmore linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:08:15 +0100


Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> 
>>what wireless chipset in your nb? what kind of AP?
> 
> 
> I'm not sure but the Ubuntu's (not VectorLinux's) installer reports
> "Intel Corporation Intel (wireless)".

The output of the program "lspci" will tell you the model of the 
wireless card in more detail.

> I don't know what's "AP" :p

An Access Point. You need them to connect to a wireless network.

> By the way. I also tried to install on my system and I've still no
> luck. I bought my ThinkPad R51because someone on the Ubuntu mailing
> list told me that Ubuntu detects all of the hardware components of R51
> falwlessly.

Did it? Did the wireless card work under Ubuntu?

Tony