04-07-2015, 06:14 AM
Hello!
If his card is a Broadcom unit, that would be fine and dandy. However, it could also be an Intel wireless card. That's why we need to do the whole inxi thing, as rokytnji suggested.
will also work, but inxi output or a system report are how we usually troubleshoot here. Either way gives us much more overall information.
If the card turns out to be made by Intel, the wireless card might just need to enabled in the BIOS, or turned on by pressing <Fn + F2>. Most Intel wireless cards are already supported in the kernel...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
If his card is a Broadcom unit, that would be fine and dandy. However, it could also be an Intel wireless card. That's why we need to do the whole inxi thing, as rokytnji suggested.
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lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4will also work, but inxi output or a system report are how we usually troubleshoot here. Either way gives us much more overall information.
If the card turns out to be made by Intel, the wireless card might just need to enabled in the BIOS, or turned on by pressing <Fn + F2>. Most Intel wireless cards are already supported in the kernel...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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