Ignore part of my post. I looked closer at the lspci output. That is
not an Atheros chipset. Dlink tends to switch around between
models.... I am not sure which driver is used for the Texas Instruments
ACX 111 chipset. I have tried to use either Atheros or Intel for my
wireless chipsets....
Robert
On 5/6/09 12:52 PM, kade kade wrote:
i have installed debian on a dell inspiron 8100. my wireless cars is a
PMCIA D-Link Airplus G DWL-G630 Cardbus.
being a newbie, i am looking for a step by step guide for configuring
the wireless card. the card lights are off, it is
as though the card is not being correctly recognized. thanks. the
output of lspci is:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge
and Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge
(rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BAM IDE U100 Controller
(rev 03)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller
#1 (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2
Go] (rev b2)
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i
PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10)
02:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus
[Cyclone] (rev 10)
02:06.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k
Winmodem (rev 10)
02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus
Controller
02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus
Controller
02:0f.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394
Controller
03:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless
Interface
my linux version:
Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-15) (da...@debian.org
<mailto:da...@debian.org>) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704
(prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 01:08:11 UTC 2009