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semperfiguy

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Registered: 2007-12-03

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New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

Hi, I just purchased a new HP laptop and I'm having some trouble figuring out how to get the wireless of the ground.  running lspci returns

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.  AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

So I assume that is my wireless card right?  So I did some reading on the wiki and I guess madwifi is what I need for wireless, so I installed that and modprobe ath_pci, but running iwconfig doesnt return any wireless interfaces. 

Any one know what driver I need?

diamondmind

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From: Lexington

Registered: 2007-12-19

Posts: 31

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

Hi, I just purchased a new HP laptop and I'm having some trouble figuring out how to get the wireless of the ground.  running lspci returns

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.  AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

So I assume that is my wireless card right?  So I did some reading on the wiki and I guess madwifi is what I need for wireless, so I installed that and modprobe ath_pci, but running iwconfig doesnt return any wireless interfaces. 

Any one know what driver I need?

What does ifconfig -a show? And did you add the modules and daemons to MODULES and DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf?

semperfiguy

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Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 224

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

Ifconfig shows:

eth0: etc....

lo: etc...

No they arent added in the /etc/rc.conf modules and daemons lines. I havent restarted.. just modpobed and rmmoded.  I tried ndiswrapper with the supposed ar5006eg driver, but nothing adds the wireless interface into ifconfig or iwconfig.

Edit:  Rebooted and it worked.. I am using ndiswrapper.  Now that its working this leads me to a slightly nitpicky question.  How do I get the wireless light to go on when its working?

Last edited by semperfiguy (2008-01-22 23:55:11)

diamondmind

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From: Lexington

Registered: 2007-12-19

Posts: 31

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

Were you not able to get the madwifi drivers to work at all? You may need the "real" driver/module in order to get the light to work. I'm not really sure.

That was incredibly helpful, no?

elliott

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 296

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

Are you sure you have a AR5006EG? The AR5007EG is commonly misidentified as a AR5006EG, I have one, was a real headache in the beginning. The AR5007EG is not supported by madwifi yet, the AR5006EG is.

I'm running the 6.0.3.85 driver on this page, light comes on, and has a little flicker when transferring.
http://www.atheros.cz/download.php?athe … G&system=1

If 'lspci -nn' displays this, you have a AR5007EG: (note the 168c:001c)

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)

Last edited by elliott (2008-01-24 05:26:03)

semperfiguy

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Registered: 2007-12-03

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Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

Ahh.. lspci -nn returned that. So I have the AR5007EG then.  Does this mean I have to stick with ndiswrapper and no light until it becomes supported then?

elliott

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 296

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

My light works fine on my Acer with the AR5007EG, as long as you are using the AR5007EG driver with ndiswrapper, it should work. I was using the AR5006EG driver with ndiswrapper before I learned of this little glitch, the card worked, but the light didn't, switching to the AR5007EG driver solved that.

semperfiguy

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Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 224

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

Could I have a link to the driver please? Thanks for your help.

elliott

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 296

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

I did link to it:

I'm running the 6.0.3.85 driver on this page, light comes on, and has a little flicker when transferring.
http://www.atheros.cz/download.php?athe … G&system=1

semperfiguy

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Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 224

Re: New laptop HP dv6707us wireless

*Smacks forehead* sorry, was in a rush and didnt bother reading the whole thing.  Will give that a try thanks.

Edit: used the driver linked too, but still no luck on the light, wireless works fine, but no light.

Last edited by semperfiguy (2008-01-31 23:37:54)