Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> writes: > 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. ;-)
Sure it is ;-) Rodolfo -- 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/87lhf2h3xq....@gmail.com
