Wifi card wiki

Click on "System Report. Open "Network" to see your WiFi information. Scroll down on the left panel until you find the "Network" heading and click to expand. Click on "Wi-Fi. Locate your card information under "Interfaces.

It will say "Card Type" and then tell you the name of your card, such as "AirPort Extreme" yours may be called something different. If you don't have a card, you might also see the error Wi-Fi: No hardware installed on the top right corner of the screen, along with the date and day.

Just reset it. Go to your device manager, find your WiFi card in the device manager, and then click "uninstall. Yes No. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 5. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 1. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. In this Device Management window. You are able to view every hardware piece built-in to your computer. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published.

You must never un-install a device unless you know what you are doing. The piece of hardware might not work without the proper files stored on your computer.

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Searching the web for linuxwireless. Alternatively, lshw can be used to obtain the necessary information:. Minstrel and its Some wireless drivers might require it enabled. The "cfg wireless extensions compatibility" option aka WEXT will support old wireless-tools and iwconfig. Next the right set of corresponding kernel options need to be enabled, based on the drivers and hardware detected previously. The recommendation is to build drivers as modules. In addition to the kernel driver, some chipsets especially modern ones also require firmware.

If required, locate it on the following list and install it:. For more information on configuring wireless networking in Gentoo Linux, please read the Wireless networking chapter in the Gentoo Handbook. After a reboot with the new kernel or after loading the modules, the device can be checked for availability by using following methods:. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history. This page was last edited on 22 January , at Privacy policy About ThinkWiki Terms of use.