Maybe I'm just lazy, but I really don't want to open this computer up and look. I'd like to know the type of wireless network card I have, but CPU-Z doesn't tell me. I need drivers for my wireless network card so the Device Manager just files it under Other Devices -> Network Controller.
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You can use Device Manager to get the vendor and device IDs for the various PCI and USB devices on your system, and then a quick Google search will help you find the make and model.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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Start -> Control Panel -> System ICON -> Hardware -> Device Manager - Look under Network Adapters.
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I don't think that software is able to tell you what make or model number your wireless card is. It can only tell you what chip-set it uses. Fortunately that is usually enough to get working drivers for the device.
I would boot a linux live cd and run lspci -v from the command line to get the hardware details.
System Information for Windows appears to do the trick from windows. I tried the freeware version.
https://superuser.com/questions/97238/windows-equivalent-for-lspci
