[nylug-talk] A good guide to install wireless cards?

Spencer Ogden spencer at spencerogden.com
Wed Feb 14 15:35:06 EST 2007


matt b wrote:
>  Of course I know from experience that this card is a good one and works  great if you happen to have it inserted when you did your original  installation. (So something knows which module to install!)
>  
>   
One trick I use in this situation sometimes, is to boot from a LiveCD, 
like Knoppix, and if the WiFi card works, then you can observe with 
`lsmod` which modules the hardware detect used. That might lead you to 
which kernel module supports your card.

Spencer


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