barbaara fberg wrote: > it is a regular router So your router manages the wireless connexion? Or is this somethng the Linux computer should do? If it's the router that's supposed to do the job, then the following questions don't matter. > I drilled holes in the closet and put cat 5 cable through the floors to > connect the computers > I will have to take apart the unix machine to look at the card. No need > I do not know how to do ispci-v-v is that done in my home page? Open a terminal window, In KDE, it's in the System menu (konsole or terminal, I can't get that bit of menu to show!), in Gnome I think it's Terminal in the Accessories menu. Type the command like this: [summer at bilby ~]$ /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400/A] Chipset Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video (rev 01) [summer at bilby ~]$ Get more information about one card like this: [summer at bilby ~]$ /sbin/lspci -v -v -n -s 00:12.0 00:12.0 Class 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 74) Subsystem: 1043:80ff Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (750ns min, 2000ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at e8001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <available only to root> [summer at bilby ~]$ That's way better info than you will get by looking at the card! Note: I don't have a PCI wireless card handy. > I am very new to this. I have used DOS and Win 3, 95 and 98 > I do not know what pebble is. Didn't I say? it's a Linux distro built for wireless networking. It used to be here, but seems to have gone missing: http://www.nycwireless.net/pebble/ There's been no mail to its list in almost 18 months, so I guess it's died. > >> From: John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> >> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems >> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:18:32 +0800 >> >> barbaara fberg wrote: >> >>> yes I am certain I do not understand the question. >>> >>> >>> I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a >>> radio toa networking box >>> >>> it is a wireless connection >>> >> You haven't responed to my earilier post. >> >> We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router >> or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does >> "lspci -v -v" reveal? >> >> Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, >> and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't >> work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, >> there's little chance for us. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cheers >> John >> >> -- spambait >> 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu >> Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ >> >> Please do not reply off-list >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ Please do not reply off-list