Da Rock wrote:
>>>> Useful no doubt, but no answer to the question that
was actually
>>>> raised, which was how one could find the chipset in a WiFi device.
>>>
>>>> Try looking at the wifi(wireless) card. I mean take it in your hand
>>>> and look at it. Do you notice anything?
>>>
>>> I have two PCMCIA WiFi cards in my hand.
>>> One is named "Orinoco Gold" and the other "Vivanco WLAN PCC
54".
>>> I notice two things about them:
>>>
>>> 1) Neither has any mention of the chipset it contains
>>>
>>> 2) Neither has any obvious way of seeing what is in the card,
>>> short of destroying it.
>>>
>>> What did you think I would notice, as a matter of interest?
>
>> 1. You should see a version or product number (may be in small print, so
>> put on your glasses and look). 2. You should see a serial number.
>
> Sigh.
> I do see the product number on the card
> (not the firmware version, since I have upgraded this).
> I do see the serial number.
>
> I DO NOT SEE THE CHIPSET.
>
Well then, thats what you should look up.
Sigh.
I don't want to know the chipset in any card I have,
as they all work perfectly well with drivers in the kernel.
The question at issue was: How can you tell the chipset of a WiFi card.
The reply I was given was that it is written on the card.
I simply pointed out that this is not true.
I have never seen a WiFi card with the chipset given on it.
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