[tlinux-users:08756] Re: Toshiba A15-S129 Satellite - What mini wifi cards work with Linux?

Rick Bilonick wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 20:50 -0800, Rex Buddenberg wrote:
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>> Rick,
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>> You may already have a wifi card installed.  see below
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>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:46:39 -0500
>> Rick Bilonick <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> I have a Toshiba A15-S129 Satellite that runs Fedora 8 very nicely. It's
>>> been running a version of Fedora since I first bought it. Wireless works
>>> with a D-Link 650 pc card but I would like to insert a mini pci wifi
>>> card in the easily accessible slot. It's a nice design - only one screw
>>> needs to be removed to allow access to the port. I can see the antenna
>>> wires taped down when I open the port.
>>>       
>> If you can 'see the antenna' you probably already have a WiFi interface installed.
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>>> What mini pci wifi card would you suggest that would work with the
>>> laptop and have Linux drivers?
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>> Can't answer the question directly. ... but ...
>>
>> Run /sbin/lspci   (list pci thingies) from the terminal.  (In Fedora 8 they hid the terminal in Applications --> System Tools).
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>> These are the relevant lines on my P15-S409:
>> 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
>> 02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
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>> The Realtek is the wired ethernet controller; the Atheros is the (factory installed) WiFi interface.
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>> My machine has an external on-off switch that turns the WiFi interface physically off.
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>>     
>>> Rick B.
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> I see tons of these mini pci wifi cards on eBay:
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> Atheros AR5005GS AR2414 Chipset
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> Some postings specifically mention Linux drivers being available. I
> haven't run across the AR5212 on eBay but I've just started looking.
>
> Rick B.
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here is an orinoco;
http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-Satellite-A10-Wifi-Card-Agere-MPC13A-20-R_W0QQitemZ260184675374QQihZ016QQcategoryZ45003QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118


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