how to get Wi-Fi working on HP dv9700

[diddy1234]

what HP dv9700 Kubuntu 8.10 users need to know
Hi All

I have been trying in vain to get wifi working in Kubuntu 8.10 for the past few months.

It has been very frustrating but managed to get wi-fi to work after stumbling across an archive section of this forum web site.

I originally had Kubutnu 8.04 and had wifi working on this but every time there was a kernel update I had to re-install the driver again.
I then went to kubuntu 8.10 and never had wifi working at all (even though the hardware manager said it had installed the driver and was working).
I have now found details that do work, see link below.

document details fix here :-

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-984605.html

I cannot stress enough that this has been a major pain.
If I was having this problem then I am sure others will as well.
Hence posting this message.

Basic steps are :-

sudo -s
echo 'blacklist ath_pci' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
apt-get install ndiswrapper*

wget ftp ://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_4710/driver/Wireless_Atheros.zip

(remove the space between ftp &:, i.e. ftp://)

unzip Wireless*
cd Atheros
unzip HR*
ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
echo 'ndiswrapper' >> /etc/modules


This is how I get my Atheros 5007 card working.

thanks
Rich

[maxie]

Re: how to get Wi-Fi working on HP dv9700

I have a HP dv9000. The drivers for me were in the restricted drivers package. for 8.04 and of course 8.10.
Broadcom B43 wireless drivers.
Sorry I can't help.

[diddy1234]

Re: how to get Wi-Fi working on HP dv9700

I was just letting people know that in 8.04 I could get the device working by installing the drivers in the hardware manager.

But in 8.10 even if i select these drivers, kubuntu says the wifi card is working when it is not.

so the otherway around it is to install the windows based drivers (shown in the steps above).

There is one added advantage to this, I do not have to re-install the drivers each time there is a kernel update (like I had to on 8.04).