On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:30 PM, <r...@aarden.us> wrote: > I would like some help in completing the installation with a wireless pcmia > card. > I just installed 502 from CDs on a Dell laptop. I did not have the Belkin > wireless pcmcia card (HSM model no. F5D7011. Chipset BCM4306/BCM2050) in > place during the installation. Now I would like to get the wireless card > working. After reading the installation guide and several help pages, it > seems to be getting somewhere but not there yet. The session is below. I > have added some comments as <comment>. > > debian session: > su - > <then enter root pswrd> > /sbin/modprobe b43 <loads module for wireless card> > 'there was no response > /sbin/lspci -vnn|grep14e4 <I don't know what this is for>
Why did you type it? Look at the man page for 'lspci' to see what it's for. I don't know what '14e4' is. > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller ... gigabit ... > 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corp BCM4306 ... [14e4:4320] > (rev 3) > /sbin/iwconfig <displays current configurations?> > lo no wireless extensions. > eth0 no wireless extensions. > wmaster no wireless extensions. > wlan0 IEEE802.11 ESSID:"" > ... > link quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 <display info about the wireless card> > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <the correct MAC address> > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > <the rest were all zeroes> > /sbin/ifconfig up <Turn on the wireless card radio?> > up: error fetching interface information: Device not found > /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up <Turn on the wireless card radio?> > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory man ifconfig > > I would appreciate all comments. > What is in your /etc/network/interfaces? Have you configed the card to go get an IP address? http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_introduction_to_Debian_networking_setup http://wiki.debian.org/Network > Thank you, > ray > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
