Another Wireless Post HP dv8000z

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So.... I have a hp dv8000z laptop installed solely with kubuntu 9.04 . I am unable to get the wireless adapter to work. The drivers for the adapter are not installed. I downloaded the drivers and setup the ndiswrapper according to this article:

http://www.linlap.com/wiki/configuri...in+ubuntu+8.10

I was able to get the drivers extracted and installed but after I do this command sudo ndiswrapper -l it shows:

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: ssb)

I then type in sudo modprobe ndiswrapper and it does nothing. it just goes to the next line like nothing happened. I don't know if that is what is supposed to happen. I then try sudo iwlist scan and my terminal shows:

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

I am assuming that the "Network is down" is the problem but I am not sure where to go from here. I did download the wireless detector application and ran it and I do have the correct driver package install for my machine.

when i run the wireless detector it shows:

Scanning for PCI Cards...
Found - Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Co[14e4:4318]

Scanning for USB Cards...


and that is it. the driver package that I installed was called sp33008.exe and I got that from hp's website.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[arochester]

Re: Another Wireless Post HP dv8000z

Search this forum!
"Installing drivers for Broadcom AirForceOne (bcm4318)"
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3101765.0

[muzicman0]

Re: Another Wireless Post HP dv8000z

just a thought...try

sudo modprobe -r ssb
modprobe ndiswrapper

see if that works...this will probably have the effect of disabling your wired connection unless you reenable the ssb module, or reboot.

mm0

P.S. I will also say that I don't think you need to use ndiswrapper with the broadcom 4318, but there is a specific way of loading it that worked for me, until I replaced it...

see here, post #8 is what worked for me.

[arochester]

Re: Another Wireless Post HP dv8000z

Alternative (simpler?) approach here: http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/sho....php?p=4793983

(From http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3102470.0)