Mini PCI Network Card in Dell c400
Mini PCI Network Card in Dell c400
I was sent a miniPCI wireless network card for my dell c400. Network wizard wants to use the orinoco_cs module. I can't raise the device. How do I find out what chipset it is and what module to use?
Thanks.
P.s. Yes, I am in the habit of plugging random things into my machines. No need to point that out.
Thanks.
P.s. Yes, I am in the habit of plugging random things into my machines. No need to point that out.
Use the command
Locate the vendor/product ID codes for your card, like [14e4:1677].
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lspci -nn
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac50] (rev 02)Are you sure about those numbers? What were the full lines from lspci?
02:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac50] (rev 01)
I sure hope these were the right lines to look at. I immediately ruled out the host, vga, display, usb controller, IDE interface, audio, modem, and ethernet (since its the same as before the install of new hardware).
All that's left were the: PCI bridge, ISA bridge, and two CardBus bridge listings.
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N00bx1000, you told us you had a miniPCI device, but it looks a lot more like you have a PCMCIA/Cardbus device.
To determine the device ID, we need you to run these two commands -
To determine the device ID, we need you to run these two commands -
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pccardctl status
pccardctl ident
Sorry about the misinfo. MiniPCI is what I've heard this card referred to as. Mea culpa.To determine the device ID, we need you to run these two commands -
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pccardctl status
pccardctl ident
Anyway, the info is:
pccardctl status
...3.3V 16-bit PC Card
Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "orinoco_cs"
pccardctl indent
...product info: "Dell", "TrueMobile 1150 Series PC Card", "Version 01.01", ""
function: 6 (network)
The odd thing is, google says this card looks like a pcmcia card, but it looks sorta like this: http://store03.prostores.com/cyberinfin ... ff29_m.JPG
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You were asked to do a lspci -nn
You pasted only the info you thought was useful.
This not the way to do things.
You have to paste the whole output of the requested command.
You were asked to do a lspci -nn
You pasted only the info you thought was useful.
This not the way to do things.
You have to paste the whole output of the requested command.
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Try running connection wizard and loading the "Wavelan_cs" module.
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part ... dname=Dell
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part ... dname=Dell
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At the outset, your Truemobile 1150 wifi card is known to be troublesome in Linux. It's been discussed on this forum before, and a Google search gives no easy solution.
And by the way, you really should have told us which version of Puppy you're using - Lucid? Wary? Which version number?
The TrueMobile 1150 is an old wifi device, which contains the Lucent/Agere Orinoco wifi chipset. Although your pccardctl results don't properly show it, the device ID will be 0156:0002.
This device is supported by the orinoco_cs Linux driver, and the more modern hostap_cs driver also supports it.
It's definitely not supported by the wavelan_cs driver.
Let's try to get the orinoco_cs driver working first. Having a look at the underlying "orinoco" driver I see that it requires external firmware ... which is missing in Puppy 5.1/5.2. Groan.
So install this dotpet I have attached, then reboot.
Now run the Network Wizard again.
If still no success, I need you to run the "dmesg" command and report any/all lines relevant to the orinoco_cs module.
Also, be aware that wifi encryption complicates the issue while troubleshooting. While in the testing phase, you should disable encryption at your wifi router. This is standard practice in all operating systems, not just Linux.
And by the way, you really should have told us which version of Puppy you're using - Lucid? Wary? Which version number?
The TrueMobile 1150 is an old wifi device, which contains the Lucent/Agere Orinoco wifi chipset. Although your pccardctl results don't properly show it, the device ID will be 0156:0002.
This device is supported by the orinoco_cs Linux driver, and the more modern hostap_cs driver also supports it.
It's definitely not supported by the wavelan_cs driver.
Let's try to get the orinoco_cs driver working first. Having a look at the underlying "orinoco" driver I see that it requires external firmware ... which is missing in Puppy 5.1/5.2. Groan.
So install this dotpet I have attached, then reboot.
Now run the Network Wizard again.
If still no success, I need you to run the "dmesg" command and report any/all lines relevant to the orinoco_cs module.
Also, be aware that wifi encryption complicates the issue while troubleshooting. While in the testing phase, you should disable encryption at your wifi router. This is standard practice in all operating systems, not just Linux.
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