topic Re: wireless problem in Operating System - Linux

wireless problem

abubaker — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:31:22 GMT

i have formated my laptop Presario2500, the red light for the wireless network is always on. but when i pressed doesnt make any difference and no wireless connection apears,

tried to download softwares for the wireless card that is built in already but didnt find it . please help

Re: wireless problem

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:56:02 GMT

Shalom abubaker,

First, need to know what the OS is. Linux? What distribution.

After you answer this question you can be pointed to where to get the wireless software for your laptop.

SEP

Re: wireless problem

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:01:49 GMT

Which linux distro do you use?
Anyway - as far as I know, there is no linux drivers for built-in broadcom wifi chip; but you can use Windows drivers using ndiswrapper: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/

Re: wireless problem

Philippe Vervoort — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:40:35 GMT

Vitaly,

Sorry to disagree with you. I have a Dell latitude 505 running SuSE 10.0 and I have wireless network communication !
This has nothing to do with HP, but it prooves that it is possible, right out of the box for SusE Linux.

Greetings,
Philippe

Re: wireless problem

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:06:43 GMT

Philippe,
As far as I know, Presario2500 and Dell latitude 505 use different chipsets for WIFI. WIFI of Dell latitude 505 supported by IPW2200 linux driver.

Re: wireless problem

abubaker — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:40:21 GMT

hello there,
thanks for the fast replying. however i dont understand what do you mean by distribution, and my OS is windows XP proffisional. and my product is presario 2500 (2572EA) .thanks

Re: wireless problem

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:14:51 GMT

Oops! Now I see! You're in the wrong (Linux) forum, you should ask your question in MS Windows forum.