On Wednesday 25 September 2013 12:32 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
> 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.
>
Some of the dell systems like dell 5420 which are having the same
wireless as specified by the Gopal krishan comes with preloaded ubuntu
11.10 or 12.04 . So the drivers available for ubuntu are taken from the
disk images of these systems and are easily available both in deb and
rpm packages.
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