wireless on linux laptop

[Vu Pham]

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 10:04 -0500, Rick Bowers wrote:
> I have a Dell D610 laptop. I've tried installing several different 
> versions of linux (k/ubuntu, linspire, OpenSUSE, FC, etc).
> The distros install okay, but I can't get any of them to use my wireless card.
> The card is recognized. I get asked all the right questions; use 
> DHCP, What is the SSID? What is the WEP code? etc.
> But not a single release I've tried will connect using that 
> interface. I've even tried another network "in the area" that does 
> not have WEP enabled. No go.
> When I'm in the office, my wired connection works just fine. But I'm 
> only there about one day a week.
> 
> Any thoughts? Any way I can monitor what is happening or where the failure is?
> 
> The wireless card is a Dell wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI card

When you use DHCP, are you able to get an IP for that card when making
the connection ?

Vu