On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Gopal Krishna 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> HI
>>
>> Recently i purchased new DELL VOSTRO 2420 MODEL LAPTOP. In that i
>> installed  centos 6.4 x86_64 and the kernel version is
>> 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64.
>>
>> IN that, Wireless is not working with that OS.I used lspci command, it
>> shows the Network Controller : Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
>> (rev 01).
>> Ethernet Controller : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8111/8168B PCI Express
>> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)
>>
>> In ubuntu 12.04, it is working fine. But in centos 6.4 (x86_64 ), it is
>> not
>> working .
>>
>> Any solutions for this one?
>
>
>
> By process of elimination, it is apparent that the CentOS stock installed
> kernel does not have the driver for your Wi-Fi card.
>

It is also possible that the CentOS firmware package does not have the
firmware for your card, whereas Ubuntu does.

A diff of file lists from /lib/firmware in respective distro should get you
started in locating the firmware file.

-- 
Arun Khan
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