New machine, no network devices found

[nighthog]

Hi all,
just taken delivery of a new bare-metal laptop (including "ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD") and loaded Centos 5.5 with a view to running OpenVZ and a number of virtual machines including a Ubuntu image.

My problem is that no network devices show (System/Administration/Network). No eth0, for example, no wireless interface, no nothing. The network card appears to be either Azurewave AW-NE766 or Azurewave AW-NE770, so I figure that either Centos doesn't recognise it or there's a hardware fault from new. I'd prefer the former, of course ...

PCSpecialist offer a RedHat build as standard (Centos is rebadged RedHat, effectively) so the correct rpms must exist for this card. I'll have a poke around on the net to see if I can come up with something but if anyone has any wisdom I'd be glad to hear.

I ran out of time last night and am at work now so I don't have the thing in front of me in case anyone has a question for me but I'll be back on the case this evening!

TIA

 

[Maestro]

As far as I am aware, we do not state anywhere that our laptops will be fully compatible with REDHAT or any open source product. Previous customers however, have managed to find suitable drivers for the wireless and network adapters. I am confident the network devices are fully functional as we test the all latops with an installation of windows 7 imaged from our server, and also ensure the wireless adapter picks up and connects to the wireless networks in our building.

Hopefully the REDHAT community will be able to provide info on finding drivers for these devices.

 

[PCS]

Also, ensure the wireless killer switch is set to "on". It's at the front of your laptop on the left as per the picture below:

 

[nighthog]

Thanks guys,

I half expected fun and games with the wireless connectivity but not with the regular ethernet port (and yes, the wireless was set to 'on'). I'm sure an answer is out there, maybe running OpenVZ under Ubuntu server or whatever. Either way, I don't want to be forced down the Windoze/VMWare route!

I'll report progress in case it helps others.