wifi - working

[Nils Kassube]

Billie Walsh wrote:
> On 09/22/2007 Nils Kassube wrote:
> > I have a different wifi card but the same effect. Wifi worked but the
> > LED
> > was off. Somehow I found out that there is a module option needed for
> > the
> > LED to work. In /etc/modprobe.d/options I have this entry:
> >
> > options ipw2200 led=1
> >
> > Obviously this line will not work for you because you have another
> > module,
> > but you could try to replace the "ipw2200" with the module name of
> > your
> > card.
>
> Where would I find this "module" thing? I thought maybe the file would
> just need something uncommented but......well......sometimes I
> shouldn't think. It just bugs the S___ out of me that the lights don't
> show anything is happening. I like to see when something is actually
> doing something.

You can find out the module name with the command

lsmod | less

in a terminal and search for the name that is related to your wifi card.


Nils