network driver

[Barry Brimer]

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, Mahalingam Subramaniam wrote:

> Dear All
> DELL PRECISION M4300 - LAP TOP
> The above laptop is loaded with dual OS having Win XP/ RHEL Server Edition 5.2 with kernel 2.6.18.92.el5 x86_64 GNU/LINUX which is
> RHEL Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)
> The issue is that the network connectivity of both Wired and Wireless  are functioning perfectly for Win XP without any issue  whilst the same is not well with Linux  .
> The available NIC drivers for  RHEL are as follows
> Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
> Intel Ehter Express/1000 gigabit
> Intel Ehter Express/100 driver
> Intel Ehter Express Pro 100B ...etc...
> For Win XP
> Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit controller
> Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 XBG Network Connection
> kindly help me in offering your valuable solution to resolve the above issue. Your valuable suggestion/recommendation shall be higly appreciated and complimented.
> with kind regards

Most likely you do not need to download a driver from Dell.  The correct 
driver is most likely included with RHEL, although additional firmware 
may be needed.  As Dell offers different 
choices in network cards in their laptops, we need to know what network 
cards are in your laptop.  Running the command "lspci -v" should give you 
enough information about your network cards to find out what hardware you 
have and then if needed, you can obtain the correct firmware for your 
wireless card.  My guess is that your wired ethernet works fine, but your 
wireless does not work.  Is that correct?  I am also guessing that you 
have a Broadcom wireless card.

Hope this helps.

Barry