[Durham] Fwd: Checking mini pci board on old laptop

[Oliver Burnett-Hall]

On 15 August 2014 19:43, David Walland <davidwalland at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> The board is a standard Intel chipped one which has Linux drivers available
> on their site.  I actually updated Xubuntu from an ancient Ubuntu using a
> wifi on the USB port (USB1! Paint dries quicker.)  I have these external
> methods of working but want to learn by working out why the board isn't
> working right.

I'd be *very* surprised if you needed to download any drivers for this
card. If it has an Intel chip then any mainstream distribution that's
newer than the chip is likely to include the needed drivers.

What output did you get from the lspci/ifconfig commands I suggested?

- olly