On Monday 18 August 2008, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote: > > My apologies to Jonathan for 'my' mis-information. > > > > Wayne > > None required, Wayne. I appreciate all the help I can get. Thanks to David > also. I tried the madwifi package ath_pci, ath_hal and wlan but still > couldn't get the wifi to work. Is there anyway of knowing (without being > near a wifi hotpoitn) if the installed driver is the correct one? > Thanks again for all the help. > Jonathan > > -- > Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/
Without a nearby AP it is kind of difficult, but you can get clues by looking at /var/log/syslog for madwifi related messages, and looking to see if there is an interface included in the list you get from ip addr or ifconfig. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
