Hi, > > prob 1: during the installation both the network cards ie ethernet and > > wireless were identified correctly and installed but as i see the > > system now, the airport card, though displayed in the device mgr > > correctly is not listed in the network devices and neither can i use > > it in any other way. > > what happens if you try this : > sudo modprobe airport > sudo ifconfig eth1 > > (a friend of mine had to manually modprobe airport after install) > nothing happened... when i did the "sudo modprobe airport" no result and thereafter when i did "sudo ifconfig eth1" it gave an error saying it did not recognise the airport card. however when i listed the pci cards using lspci... i got the following result: 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] 0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 PCI 0001:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 0001:10:13.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller 0001:10:17.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O 0001:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB 0001:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB 0001:10: 1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB 0001:10:1b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0001:10:1b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0001:10:1b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) 0002:24:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 Internal PCI 0002:24:0d.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100 0002:24:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 FireWire (rev 81) 0002:24:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 80) > > prob 2: this is probably a more imp problem. i have a internet > > connection through LAN. i have a default gateway as <a href="http://10.120.76.121">10.120.76.121</a> and > > a internet proxy server as <a href="http://10.120.78.2">10.120.78.2</a>. though i am able to browse the > > network as such i am unable to connect to the internet. i have tried > > setting the default gateway as both the gateway and the proxy but no > > joy. and i have already set the proxy in the network proxy > > configuration. > > did you set up the proxy in firefox ? > > about apt-get, see here : > <a href="http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/177">http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/177</a> > the section "Downloading Debian Packages through a Proxy" thanks for the input... both my problems were solved and now i am able to access the net as well as use apt-get for updates/upgrades thank you once again, praveen