here is the entire output of 'sudo lshw': rosella-inspiron-1000 description: Notebook product: Inspiron 1000 vendor: Dell Computer Corp. version: Not Specified serial: F7R2251 width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31 smp-1.4 smp configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook cpus=1 uuid=44454C4C-3700-1052-8032-C6C04F323531 *-core description: Motherboard product: Inspiron 1000 vendor: Quanta Computer physical id: 0 serial: CUZ4B44624���������������������� *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Dell Computer Corp. physical id: 1 version: A06 (Q3B01) date: 11/05/2004 size: 110KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp biosbootspecification netboot *-cpu description: CPU product: Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 5 bus info: cpu@0 version: 15.2.9 slot: Socket 478/423 size: 2200MHz capacity: 2200MHz width: 32 bits capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pebs bts cid xtpr configuration: id=0 *-cache description: L2 cache physical id: 9 slot: L2 Cache size: 8KiB capacity: 1MiB capabilities: burst internal write-back *-memory description: System Memory physical id: f slot: System board or motherboard size: 512MiB capacity: 3GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous physical id: 0 slot: DIMM1 size: 256MiB width: 64 bits *-bank:1 description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous physical id: 1 slot: DIMM2 size: 256MiB width: 64 bits *-pci description: Host bridge product: 650/M650 Host vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 80 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-sis latency=64 resources: irq:0 memory:e0000000-e3ffffff *-pci description: PCI bridge product: AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master resources: ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:e4300000-e43fffff memory:e8000000-efffffff *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:e4300000-e431ffff ioport:9000(size=128) *-isa description: ISA bridge product: SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] LPC Controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 25 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-serial description: SMBus product: SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=sis96x_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:0 ioport:8100(size=32) *-ide description: IDE interface product: 5513 IDE Controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.5 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide bus_master configuration: driver=pata_sis latency=128 resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:2800(size=16) *-communication UNCLAIMED description: Modem product: AC'97 Modem Controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2.6 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.6 version: a0 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm generic cap_list configuration: latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 resources: ioport:1000(size=256) ioport:2400(size=128) *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2.7 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.7 version: a0 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 resources: irq:18 ioport:1400(size=256) ioport:2480(size=128) *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: USB 1.1 Controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0 version: 0f width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80 resources: irq:20 memory:e4000000-e4000fff *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: USB 1.1 Controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 3.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.1 version: 0f width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80 resources: irq:21 memory:e4001000-e4001fff *-usb:2 description: USB controller product: USB 2.0 Controller vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 3.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80 resources: irq:23 memory:e4002000-e4002fff *-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 *-pcmcia description: CardBus bridge product: PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: a bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 resources: irq:17 memory:e4004000-e4004fff ioport:1c00(size=256) ioport:2000(size=256) memory:20000000-23ffffff memory:24000000-27ffffff *-scsi:0 physical id: 0 logical name: scsi0 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: FUJITSU MHT2040A vendor: Fujitsu physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 0022 serial: NN50T4B18RB2 size: 37GiB (40GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=0009a4f7 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: 855a98e9-8dd8-4b7e-90a7-6412c7ddd862 size: 36GiB capacity: 36GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2014-12-25 10:19:19 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2014-12-25 12:42:30 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2014-12-25 12:42:30 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 445MiB capacity: 445MiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 capacity: 445MiB capabilities: nofs *-scsi:1 physical id: 2 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD reader product: CDRW/DVD SBW242C vendor: QSI physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/sr0 version: UQ81 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-battery description: Lithium Ion Battery product: Sanyo 60S6701 vendor: Sanyo 60S6701 physical id: 1 slot: System Battery Bay capacity: 650000mWh configuration: voltage=14.8V :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > In my search I happened upon this page: > > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c > > > is this something I need to compile? do I save it as a c file and then > make, make install it? Where do I save the compiled program? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > 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~(-: >> > >