Howto report your wireless device

If you want to report your wireless device, and whether it works on Linux, please make sure you have the following information:

• The Brandname of your device
• The name/number of the specific device
• If possible, a series/revision number
• if possible, the manufacturer and device ID
• The manufacturer chipset that's in the device
• The name/number of the chipset in the device
• The connector-type: PCI, PCMCIA (16-bits 5V.), PCCARD (32-bits, 3.3V), USB, mini-PCI...
• Wlan-type: IE802.11a/b/g
• Additional comments and curiousities of your device

If you have this information, please e-mail it to: linux-wless@NOSPAM.passys.nl, but don't forget to remove the "NOSPAM".

How to identify your wireless card:

• For a PCI card: do, as root a "lspci -vv"
• For a PCMCIA/Cardbus card, do, as root a: "cardctl ident"
• For an USB device the procedure is a bit more tricky and not guaranteed to give usefull output. First you can attach the device, and look at the output from: "dmesg". For more/other output, you can also look at the file "/var/log/messages" and/or the file "/proc/bus/usb/devices"

Next, to get the manufacturer and device id for a pci device, look for the number when doing "lspci -n".
Example:
# lspci -vv | grep Intel
00:0b.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2702

Now, look for the device number:
# lspci -n | grep 00:0b.0
00:0b.0 Class 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)

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