RE: FC3 on a Dell Latitude D820 / Network

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 15:42 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 11:51 -0700, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces redhat com
> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Rex Dieter
> > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 11:49 AM
> > To: fedora-list redhat com
> > Subject: Re: FC3 on a Dell Latitude D820 / Network
> > 
> > Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> > 
> > > Anyone know a quick and dirty way to get the onboard nic working?
> > 
> > upgrade to FC5/6? :)
> > 
> > -- Rex
> > 
> > I know, I know but no can do.  Our software is FC3 on for the moment
> > (I'm working on it).
> 
> Looking at Dell's website, it's unclear what the wired NIC is.  They use
> the euphemistic "10/100/1000 Gigabit" description, which is almost
> useless.
> 
> The wireless is EITHER an Intell PRO 3945A/G OR the Dell 1490.  I don't
> think FC3 (or FC5 for that matter) has drivers for those.  You probably
> need to use the Windows drivers under ndiswrapper.  See
> 
> 	http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net
> 
> for details on that.  As to the wired NIC, do an "lspci -v" and see what
> ethernet controllers you have.  We can advise you better that way.
The identification of you nic cards can be done by lspci or lshw that
you can get from Dries site.
> --------------------------
> 
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Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>