Re: new install- getting wireless to work

>>> 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

>>>>>   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~(-: