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Wireless Not Working On Notebook

Asked by Lonnie

Hi

I have a HP Pavilion dv6704nr Notebook with a "Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter" and for the life of me I cannot get the wireless to work. I have tried a lot of things that I've read on the internet to solve this problem and nothing worked. I unfortunately didn't keep a list of the things that I've tried that maybe conflicting with each other. But if anyone out there has the same Notebook I have and figuered out this problem, please answer with your solution.

Thanks,

Lonnie

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Lonnie (mybad) said : 		#1

I use Unbuntu 8.04

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

cat /etc/lsb-release
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Keep in mind that one or more of the following 5 basic components need to be configured correctly so that wireless can work correctly in Linux:

Wireless configuration in the BIOS, hardware wireless switch setting, active wireless driver version, the firmware for the wireless chipset (stored as a file in Linux), and the configuration of the wireless parameters in wicd or NetworkManager (SSID broadcast settings, encryption settings, name of wireless interface stored in wicd, the chosen channel for wireless transmission, ...) .

Regards,

Mark

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drskartik (drskartik) said : 		#3

Dear Mark,
I have a similar problem with wireless in my Dell Vostro notebook.
The required details are in
http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/178420/
Thanks in Advance.
regards
Kartik

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drskartik (drskartik) said : 		#4

Dear Lonnie,
you can try out this one if not already done
http://madberry.org/2008/08/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-wireless-to-work-2/
regards
Kartik

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Hi drskartik,

Please create a separate thread for your issue.

Thanks,

Mark

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