Wireless Card Testing

Wireless Card Testing

All working wireless cards go to the store. Things to write on a sticker for the store:

    -Whether the card works with linux
    -Chipset Number
    -If it needs a driver downloaded, mark it as such
    -Attach a “tested by” sticker with your initials

General

1. Locate a wireless card and match it with an antenna if it needs one.
2. Make sure the motherboard is unpowered with its power supply switched off.
3. Attach the wireless card to a free PCI slot.
4. Once card is inserted, remove hands from motherboard and turn on power supply.
5. Turn on motherboard.
6. Login.

Does it work with Linux?

1. Wait for OS to load and then attempt to connect wirelessly to FreeGeek wireless (should happen automatically).
2. Once connected, try to surf the web.

What is the card's chipset?

1. Open the terminal and type “lspci”.
2. Look for the line about the wireless card and record the chipset number.

Put all tested, working, labeled wireless cards with antenna attached in the “To Store” box. Recycle ones that fail.

Troubleshooting:

1. If the card appears to be in working order but you cannot connect to wireless, establish a wired connection. Open Firefox and go to the bookmark “supported wireless cards”. Click the side link “By Manufacturer”. This is an Ubuntu community page dedicated to listing wireless cards' varying functionality under linux operating systems. The page may also list the need for drivers on specific cards.

1. If the card appears to be in working order but you cannot connect to wireless, write a sticker that indicates this card may not work with linux. Also write “AS IS”. These can also go to the store, but will be sold at an untested price.