Re: Wireless on hp 6710b

[Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn_(_dot_)_ingolfsen_(_at_)_broadpark_(_dot_)_no>]

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:40:47 -0400
Yousif Hassan <yousif_(_at_)_alumni_(_dot_)_jmu_(_dot_)_edu> wrote:

> However, out-of-the-box, that laptop probably has Intel PRO/Wireless,
> as you said.  Try the wpi driver - if it's a 3945 it'll work.  If you
> want to find out what model of wireless card you have, you can try
> the HP Parts Store online at hp.com or you can take the card out of
> the bottom of the laptop (usually mini-PCI slot) and look at it.

Don't forget that 'pciconf -lv' is often the easiest way to identify
many parts in a machine, among them the wireless card.
(Easy as in "you don't have to physically dismantle something")

HTH
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen

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