On Monday 29 June 2015 16:53:22 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> writes: > > Glad to hear you've got it working. > > Thanks, it was thanks to you listers' help. > > > For cases where the linux drivers *don't* work, the windows driver can be > > used with ndiswrapper. > > > > In the case of my Zyxel G302v3, I blacklist the rtl8180 module (which > > thinks it can drive the card but cannot), download and unpack G-302 > > v3_7.00.zip from the realtek website, and feed WIN7X86/NET8185.inf into > > ndiswrapper. > > In the case of my TL-WN725N, the driver was proably just in that > firmware-realtek Debian package suggested by Sven, because after its > installation the device began to flash. Since then it was probably just a > problem of configuration. > > > I don't know what hardware you have, but some older laptops came with > > *optional* wireless, so that might explain it "not working". Do the > > FCC/CE stickers give any clues? > > The fabricant specifications say that my old Hyundai laptop has an Intel > PRO/Wireless 2200BG, whose driver, according to > https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi, should be in the firmware-ipw2x00 Debian > package which I installed via aptitude but with no effect. Looking better > at them, I notice now, next to the device name, the word `Options' put > within brackets: > > Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG (Options) > > , that recalls what you say about `optional' wireless in older laptops... > So does that mean it's not present in my machine?
I can't believe you have a hardware wireless switch, and no wireless. Whether it could be got going, or is terminally ill, or even dead, is another matter. And is academic now anyway. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201506291717.33236.lisi.re...@gmail.com
