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This can be very helpful in identifying the chipset. As well, the kernel modules required and in use are displayed. You can find other lookup sites by search for “PCI ID”. Once you have the PCI ID, there are many Internet sites to do lookups. An example of what a PCI ID looks like is “168c:0013” for an Atheros chipset card.

The ”-nn” should cause the PCI ID to be displayed.

In some cases, such as on cards with Broadcom chipsets, this alone can reveal the chipset. If the card is a PCI card, you need to use the command “lspci -nn” to display the card identification strings. If the card is an ISA card, you are usually out of luck.

The “dmesg” command can quite often contain detailed messages indicating what card was detected and the chipset. If you are running linux, there are a variety of methods to obtain card information and possibly determine the chipset.