[Solved] Kubuntu 9.10 and broadcom 43225 (HP dv7 3160es)

[matri]

Hi everyone, I have bought a new notebook (HP pavilion dv7 3160es). I have two problems with it, one is with the wif configuration.

The notebook have a broadcom 43225 802.11b/g/n card.

When I install kubuntu 9.10 karmic koala, I haven't any wireless card. But in the hardware controller (privative dirvers) I saw it have detected a privative driver for the wireless card:

Controlador inalambrico Broadcom STA

These package contains Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driverfor use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, andBCM4322-based hardware.

I activated the driver and now if I excute a iwconfig I see I new network interface with a wireless interface:

mcarmen@matri:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth2 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:""
Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

mcarmen@matri:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:26:9e:c3:f1:a8
Direc. inet:192.168.1.2 Difus.:192.168.1.255 Másc:255.255.255.0
Dirección inet6: fe80::226:9eff:fec3:f1a8/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:12550 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:7992 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:15289053 (15.2 MB) TX bytes:841610 (841.6 KB)
Interrupción:35 Dirección base: 0xa000

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 90:4c:e5:bc:90:70
Dirección inet6: fe80::924c:e5ff:febc:9070/64 Alcance:Enlace
ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000
Bytes RX:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupción:16

lo Link encap:Bucle local
Direc. inet:127.0.0.1 Másc:255.0.0.0
Dirección inet6: ::1/128 Alcance:Anfitrión
ACTIVO LOOPBACK FUNCIONANDO MTU:16436 Métrica:1
Paquetes RX:44 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Paquetes TX:44 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0
Bytes RX:2640 (2.6 KB) TX bytes:2640 (2.6 KB)

But if I tried to see the wireless network that sees, executing the iwlist eth2 scan. and it says "Interface doesn't support scanning.".

And I don't know what to do ...

If anybody can help me, I appreciate it a lot

[bobcollard]

Re: Kubuntu 9.10 and broadcom 43225 (HP dv7 3160es)

After installing your driver you must right click on the Internet icon in your System tray to Edit Connections. You can get the information for that from your service provider.

[matri]

Re: Kubuntu 9.10 and broadcom 43225 (HP dv7 3160es)

Thank you!! Now I can connect via wifi . The problem is that from 9.04, knetworkManager has change a lot ... Also I was confused about the output of iwconfig and iwlist

[bobcollard]

Re: Kubuntu 9.10 and broadcom 43225 (HP dv7 3160es)

Thank you!! Now I can connect via wifi . The problem is that from 9.04, knetworkManager has change a lot ... Also I was confused about the output of iwconfig and iwlist

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