Cannot detect WLAN in linux

DJ_EvergreenDJ_Evergreen MB, Canada Member
edited September 2007 in Science & Tech
Hey all you linux gurus,

I'm running the Auditor Live CD and it's not able to detect my WLAN. It is able to detect my LAN NIC. Any ideas?

My WLAN is "Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN"
And my LAN is a "Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC"

I'm not that savy with linux so any help is appreciated.

Comments

  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited September 2007
    What distro is this ?.
  • DJ_EvergreenDJ_Evergreen MB, Canada Member
    edited September 2007
    hmm not quite sure. It's "auditor-200605-02-ipw2100" if that helps any.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2007
    If it's a live distro and it doesn't detect it there is nothing you can do as you can't really add anything to the live distro. Your options are try a different live linux version like Ubuntu or to actually install linux and then you can update the drivers required for that WLAN card.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited September 2007
    You may have the appropriate kernel module but not the corresponding firmware. Broadcom did not release Linux drivers for their WLAN chipsets. More information at http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/

    Try a better-supported NIC. Atheros-based cards usually work.

    -drasnor :fold:
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