topic title: Wireless N card doesnt work
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leacat
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
#1
Have a Soney Vaio 2002 laptop and just installed antiX 8.5. This card does'nt work. I tried using the wireless utility but get no network activity.
anticapitalista
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Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
Which one did you try?
Try ceni or wicd.

also post output of
inxi -N
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leacat
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
#3
anticapitalista wrote:Which one did you try?
Try ceni or wicd.

also post output of
inxi -N
Tried wicd....Didn't understand ceni.

Network: Card-1 Realtek Device 8190
Card-2 Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller driver e100
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harleyrider1958
Joined: 31 Dec 2010
#4
I'm having the same difficulties myself. I will try the terminal thing later on. THANK YOU
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#5
Just for info
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Just a shotgun suggestion from a hung over biker. You will need to Open Wicd (Applications -> Internet -> Wicd) and add the"Wireless Interface" . Ceni should tell what it is (whether wlan0 or wlan1 etc...)

or in terminal (as root)

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iwconfig
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ifconfig
also a (with card inseted or plugged in if pcmcia card)

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inxi -F
post won't hurt also (no need to be root for above inxi command)

If usb wireless as root

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lsusb
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leacat
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
#6
rokytnji wrote: also a (with card inseted or plugged in if pcmcia card)

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inxi -F
kim@antiX1:~$ inxi -F
Network: Card-1 Realtek Device 8190 at port 3400 BusID: 02:00.0
Card-2 Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller driver e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI at port 3000 BusID: 01:08.0

I'm sending realtek an email requesting the driver w/ install instructions. Don't know how this will work out, though!