It looks like it should work out of the box from what I found.
Thanks IxsIlr: i think it should if the wire cable work so should the wireless maybe my config is not right or the Sony vaio hardware but it was working before i moved to Linux
here are more info from the terminal.
dmesg [options]
Options:
-C, --clear clear the kernel ring buffer
-c, --read-clear read and clear all messages
-D, --console-off disable printing messages to console
-d, --show-delta show time delta between printed messages
-E, --console-on enable printing messages to console
-f, --facility restrict output to defined facilities
-h, --help display this help and exit
-k, --kernel display kernel messages
-l, --level restrict output to defined levels
-n, --console-level set level of messages printed to console
-r, --raw print the raw message buffer
-s, --buffer-size buffer size to query the kernel ring buffer
-T, --ctime show human readable timestamp (could be
inaccurate if you have used SUSPEND/RESUME)
-t, --notime don't print messages timestamp
-u, --userspace display userspace messages
-V, --version output version information and exit
-x, --decode decode facility and level to readable string
Supported log facilities:
kern - kernel messages
user - random user-level messages
mail - mail system
daemon - system daemons
auth - security/authorization messages
syslog - messages generated internally by syslogd
lpr - line printer subsystem
news - network news subsystem
Supported log levels (priorities):
emerg - system is unusable
alert - action must be taken immediately
crit - critical conditions
err - error conditions
warn - warning conditions
notice - normal but significant condition
info - informational
debug - debug-level messages
frank@VGN-A195EP-PT:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
tifm_sd 17566 0
joydev 17393 0
snd_intel8x0 33455 3
snd_ac97_codec 110213 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80916 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 39826 0
radeon 733914 2
snd_seq 51592 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 96718 0
tifm_7xx1 12937 0
snd 62218 13 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,sn d_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
tifm_core 15040 2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
ipw2200 146210 0
libipw 46732 1 ipw2200
cfg80211 178877 2 ipw2200,libipw
ttm 65344 1 radeon
soundcore 14635 1 snd
serio_raw 13027 0
yenta_socket 27428 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18367 1 yenta_socket
drm_kms_helper 45466 1 radeon
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
lib80211 14040 2 ipw2200,libipw
pcmcia_core 21511 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
drm 197641 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
sony_laptop 39681 0
parport_pc 32114 0
mac_hid 13077 0
rfcomm 38139 4
bnep 17830 2
bluetooth 158479 10 rfcomm,bnep
ppdev 12849 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
asus_laptop 23693 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 asus_laptop
input_polldev 13648 1 asus_laptop
shpchp 32265 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41937 0
hid 77428 1 usbhid
firewire_ohci 40180 0
firewire_core 56940 1 firewire_ohci
e100 36289 0
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
frank@VGN-A195EP-PT:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
frank@VGN-A195EP-PT:~
