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grep your MAC address from the output of dmesg. This should show the |
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driver that found the interface. |
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You can find your MAC address using ifconfig. Look for the interface |
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with your IP address. |
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ifconfig |
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dmesg | grep 00:01:02:03:04:AB (use your MAC address here) |
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On Jan 18, 2009, at 3:20 AM, zhangweiwu@××××××.com wrote: |
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> I can use wireless with wireless-tools fine, with no configuration at |
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> all (no configuration: I don't even need to add a single line to |
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> /etc/conf.d/net in order to use it). |
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> |
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> However wireless-tools doesn't support WPA which I sometimes use. I |
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> have |
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> installed wpa_supplicants but having read the WPA need user specify |
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> which driver to use for it. |
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> |
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> In order to know which driver to use I first need to know what |
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> hardware |
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> I have. However lspci does not list my wifi device (nor lsusb). But |
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> the |
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> devices does exist because I can surf the Internet with it. |
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> |
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> Where do I start from here? |
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