Have you connected to wired to do your apt-get update/upgrade and then open up your restricted drivers. Inspirons usually detect pretty well with the Ubuntu/Mint tools for such things. On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > I'm putting Linux Mint 17.1 On a friends Inspiron 1000 and it isn't seeing > the wireless. Does anyone have any experience with this? Could someone help? > this is all I can figure to do: > sudo lshw > --snip-- > *-network > description: Ethernet interface > product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet > vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > physical id: 4 > bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0 > logical name: eth0 > version: 91 > serial: 00:11:43:38:5e:9d > size: 100Mbit/s > capacity: 100Mbit/s > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp > mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sis900 > driverversion=v1.08.10 Apr. 2 2006 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.20 latency=173 > link=yes maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s > resources: irq:19 ioport:1800(size=256) > memory:e4003000-e4003fff memory:28000000-2801ffff > --snip-- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen